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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Votive Head/Pharaoh
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Votive Head/Pharaoh

Artist Unknown
CultureEgyptian | Ptolemaic
DatePtolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C.
MediumLimestone
DimensionsOverall: 6 in. (15.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.2217.29
Not on view
DescriptionSculpted face of a pharaoh wearing the cloth headdress (nemes) with a reared cobra on its front, folded in two coils - but its neck and head are broken. There are still traces or dark paint around the eyes. The back is flat and not sculpted, except for a grid made of three vertical and four horizontal lines.

New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
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ca. 600 B.C.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
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Ptolemaic Period, 170-116 B.C.E.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
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New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhenaton (ca. 1352-1336 B.C.)
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
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New Kingdom, Dynasty 20, ca 1293-1079 B.C. | Modern
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
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Late Period, 664-332 B.C.E.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
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No Date
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
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Ptolemaic Period, 199 - 99 B.C.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
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Dynasty 19, reign of Ramses II, ca. 1279-1212 B.C.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
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New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, 1550-1295 B.C.E.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II digital slr-2009.
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Late Period, Dynasty 26, 656-525 B.C.E.
Photograph by Shannon Ruff, Canon EOS Mark II D digital slr-2007.
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Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 11-12 (i.e. 2055-1773 B.C.).