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Head of a caricatured male figurine
Greek, Ptolemaic
Hellenistic Period
3rd–2nd century B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Naukratis
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
4.5 cm (1 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number88.884
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CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionCaricatured male head with long, narrow face, skull very deep. Possibly a priest.
ProvenanceFrom Naukratis. 1886-7: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the EEF by the Egyptian government; December 22, 1887, presented to the MFA by the EEF. (Accession date: 1888).