Egypt
Copyright Rick Menges, with my thanks
Here's the description from the MFA website:
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Copyright Rick Menges, with my thanks Lid of the sarcophagus of General Kheperre Late Period, Dynasty 26, reign of Amasis, 570–526 B.C. Giza Greywacke Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Thanks to Rick Menges for rescuing me from the photographic void by...
Egypt
Photo for Today - Head from sarcophagus, MFA
Copyright Rick Menges, with my thanks
Head from an anthropoid sarcophagus
Ptolemaic Dynast, c. 200 B.C.
Limestone
No provenance listed
Ptolemaic Dynast, c. 200 B.C.
Limestone
No provenance listed
Here's the description from the MFA website:
Head from an anthropoid sarcophagus
Egyptian, Hellenistic Period (Ptolemaic Dynasty), 200 B.C.
Height x width x depth: 48 x 53 x 35 cm (18 7/8 x 20 7/8 x 13 3/4 in.)
Limestone
Classification: Tomb equipment
On view in the: Egyptian Funerary Arts Gallery
Finely polished white limestone head from the lid of a sarcophagus. The deceased is shown wearing a plain tripartite wig that falls behind the ears. This style of sarcophagus was popular from Dynasty 30 through the Ptolemaic Dynasty.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Gift of Service des Antiquités d'Égypte, 1912
Accession number: 12.1511
Provenance/Ownership History: 1912: given to the MFA by the Egyptian Antiquities Service.
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WM-EG027 (Left) Head of King Amasis (Right) Head of Ptolemy II Copyright Rick Menges, with my thanks (Left) Head of King Amasis Date (Period): ca. 560 BC (Late Period) Medium: red quartzite Measurements: 12 3/8 x 7 7/8 x 9 1/4 in. (31.5 x 20 x 23.5...
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Copyright Rick Menges, with my thanks for both the photo and the caption (Left) (No written description available) (Right) Head of a Queen, Perhaps Cleopatra II or Cleopatra III Artist: Anonymous (Egyptian) Date (Period): ca. 140-120 BC (Greco-Roman)...
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