Head of a block statue

Head of a block statue

The head has broken off just below the chin. On either side of the jaws, remains of the stone are present indicating that the head belonged to a block statue. The nose is straight, the lines of the eyes and the eyebrows are executed in relief. The head is polished smooth.

granite

26TH DYNASTY

Inventory number APM 8849

ALLARD PIERSON MUSEUM.

onbekend (Rijksmuseum Amsterdam), Antieke voorwerpen uit Egypte en Voor-Azië (tentoonstellingscatalogus), 1931, (nr. 283)

http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/record.aspx?id=12587

W.M. van Haarlem, R.A. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Gids voor de afdeling Egypte, Allard Pierson Museum Amsterdam, 1986, 81/afb. 61