Head of a Queen or Goddess
ca. 230 B.C.E.
Maker Unknown
Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
The facial features of this head recur on sculpture dating from the end of Dynasty XXX until well into the Ptolemaic Period (305–30 B.C.). The subject here is either a queen or a goddess, but which one is uncertain because the headdress, which might have provided a clue, is lost.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- Limestone
- Medium
- limestone
- Locations
- Place made: Egypt
- Period
- Ptolemaic Period
- Dimensions
- 4 1/4 x 3 1/8 in. (10.8 x 7.9 cm)
- Accession Number
- 86.226.32
- Credit Line
- Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc.
- Exhibitions
- Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity, Cleopatra's Egypt: Age of the Ptolemies, Ancient Egyptian Art
- Rights Statement
- Creative Commons-BY
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