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Miniature comic mask
Greek, Ptolemaic
Classical Period or Hellenistic Period
mid 5th–late 3rd century B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Naukratis
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
2.8 cm (1 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number86.420
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionHead of a man, probably a comic mask, with almond-shaped eyes and a big nose.
ProvenanceFrom Naukratis. 1885: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the EEF by the Egyptian government; October 28, 1885: voted to the MFA at EEF general meeting; sent over February 1886. (Accession date: 1886).