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Head of a King
- Medium: Limestone
- Possible Place Collected: Thebes, Egypt
- Dates: 4th-1st century B.C.E.
- Period: Ptolemaic Period
- Dimensions: 14 5/16 x 6 1/8 x 8 7/16 in. (36.3 x 15.5 x 21.5 cm)
- Collections: Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Middle Eastern Art
- Museum Location:
This item is on view in Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity, 19th Dynasty to Roman Period, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor - Accession Number: 37.1489E
- Credit Line: Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
- Image: Front, 37.1489E_front.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004
Both of these heads have several features commonly found on royal sculpture from the end of the Late Period and the early part of the Ptolemaic Period: a slight smile, circular marks at both ends of the mouth, and a triangular area between the eyebrows and the root of the nose. The larger head, wearing the red and white crowns of northern (Lower) and southern (Upper) Egypt, has a needle-shaped back pillar.
ninakuriloff
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Vincent
Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum 
