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
Collections
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.