Head of a funerary statue

The head of a statue of a man wearing a compound double-wig with a wide and smooth band around the upper half of the forehead and curls rendered by deep incisions. The statue originally stood with its back against a support or against the wall of a tomb.

Present location	MUSEO ARCHEOLOGICO NAZIONALE/MUSEO EGIZIO [05/027] FLORENCE
Inventory number	7669
Dating	NEW KINGDOM (not before); 20TH DYNASTY; 20TH DYNASTY (not after)
Archaeological Site	GOVERNORATE OF LUXOR
Category	STATUE
Material	SAND; FIBER (FROM PLANTS AND ANIMALS); PLASTER
Technique	FORMED BY HAND
Height	30 cm

Bibliography

• AA.VV., L'argilla e il tornio. La produzione fittile dell'Egitto antico in Toscana, Pisa, 1992, pg. 41-42, n. 63..

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