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Head-dress from bronze figurine
Egyptian
Late–Hellenistic Period (Ptolemaic dynasty)
760–30 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Naukratis
Medium/Technique
Bronze
Dimensions
Height: 7.7 cm (3 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number86.325
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionOnly the upper patr of the headdress remains of this bronze figurine. The headdress features a horned sun disk and two tall feathers. Such features may have adorned the headdrress of a number of different deities.
ProvenanceFrom Naukratis. 1885: excavated by 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: January 1, 1886)