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Bronze head wearing a helmet
Hellenistic
323–31 B.C.
Findspot: Nubia (Sudan), Meroe, Pyramid N _
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Height: 4 cm (1 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number24.878
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSculpture
Catalogue Raisonné
Greek, Etruscan, & Roman Bronzes (MFA), no. 079.
DescriptionBronze head wearing a helmet. Only the head of the statue remains. There is wavy hair under the helmet. The surface is corroded.
Pitted; electrolytically cleaned. The eyes of this head, from a statuette, are hollowed for filling in a diferent material. (Comstock & Vermeule, Greek, Etruscan & Roman Bronzes, as Helmeted Head of Alexander the Great)
Pitted; electrolytically cleaned. The eyes of this head, from a statuette, are hollowed for filling in a diferent material. (Comstock & Vermeule, Greek, Etruscan & Roman Bronzes, as Helmeted Head of Alexander the Great)
ProvenanceFrom Meroe, Beg. N 34. excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Sudan.