Egypt
The Walters Art Museum
(Top) Sculptor's Model: Queen with Vulture Headdress
Artist: Anonymous (Egyptian)
Date (Period): ca. 145-51 BC (Greco-Roman)
Medium: limestone
Measurements: 6 5/16 x 5 7/8 x 9/16 in. (16 x 15 x 1.5 cm)
Item Description:
A queen wears the vulture headdress topped with seven protective uraeus serpents (side A). Head of a man (god?) with a curled wig (side B).
(Bottom) Sculptor's Model of a Vulture Hieroglyph
Artist: Anonymous (Egyptian)
Date (Period): ca. 300-160 BC (Greco-Roman)
Medium: limestone
Measurements: 5 1/2 x 6 5/16 x 7/8 in. (14 x 16 x 2.3 cm);
framed: 7 7/8 x 9 7/16 x 3 1/8 in. (20 x 24 x 8 cm)
Item Description:
Sculptor's models were used in the workshops of craftsmen for training and demonstration purposes. This two-dimensional model, executed in raised relief, displays a vulture. The image represents the hieroglyphic script sign "aleph" (which does not exist in the English alphabet), and was a model for large-scale temple inscriptions.
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Egypt
Photo for Today - Walters Museum
Copyright Rick Menges, with my thanks
The Walters Art Museum
(Top) Sculptor's Model: Queen with Vulture Headdress
Artist: Anonymous (Egyptian)
Date (Period): ca. 145-51 BC (Greco-Roman)
Medium: limestone
Measurements: 6 5/16 x 5 7/8 x 9/16 in. (16 x 15 x 1.5 cm)
Item Description:
A queen wears the vulture headdress topped with seven protective uraeus serpents (side A). Head of a man (god?) with a curled wig (side B).
(Bottom) Sculptor's Model of a Vulture Hieroglyph
Artist: Anonymous (Egyptian)
Date (Period): ca. 300-160 BC (Greco-Roman)
Medium: limestone
Measurements: 5 1/2 x 6 5/16 x 7/8 in. (14 x 16 x 2.3 cm);
framed: 7 7/8 x 9 7/16 x 3 1/8 in. (20 x 24 x 8 cm)
Item Description:
Sculptor's models were used in the workshops of craftsmen for training and demonstration purposes. This two-dimensional model, executed in raised relief, displays a vulture. The image represents the hieroglyphic script sign "aleph" (which does not exist in the English alphabet), and was a model for large-scale temple inscriptions.
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WM-EG035 (Top) Appliqué: Head of a Lion (Bottom) Sculptor's Model of a Lion Copyright Rick Menges, with my thanks (Top) Appliqué: Head of a Lion Date (Period): ca. 380-342 BC (Late Period) Medium: faience with light blue glaze Measurements: 1...
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WM-EG033 (Top) Sculptor Model for a Royal Bust (Bottom) Ostracon with a Royal Head Copyright Rick Menges, with my thanks (Top) Sculptor Model for a Royal Bust Date (Period): ca. 200-150 BC (Greco-Roman) Medium: limestone Measurements: 7 3/8 x 6 5/16...
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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)...