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Head of a figurine of an old man
Greek, Ptolemaic
Hellenistic Period
300–100 B.C.
Findspot: Egypt, Naukratis
Medium/Technique
Terracotta
Dimensions
5 cm (1 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Egypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession Number86.413
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsSculpture
DescriptionHead of a bald man. A caricatured head in 'grotesque' style, broken from a figure. He may be a priest, and has an elongated, long, narrow face, skull very deep, bald head, prominent nose lips and large ears; the neck is comparatively thin. Solid, from two-piece mould. Traces of a white coating (probably gypsum). Light red-brown Nile silt with abundant mica and white inclusions.
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).