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Fragment of figure-mold
Greek, Ptolemaic
Hellenistic Period
late 4th–mid 2nd century B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Naukratis
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number86.672
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionFragment of a figure-mould with the Impression of a theater mask, or possibly a satyr.
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).