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Collection Online as of April 25, 2024
Votive Head of a King
305–246 BCE
(332 BCE–395 CE), reign of Ptolemy II Philadelphus (285–246 BCE)
Overall: 21.6 x 16.5 cm (8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)
Location: 107 Egyptian
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The purpose of this sculpture is not known; it is assumed that this and others like it were votive offerings in honor of the king.Description
The browband, part of a royal headdress, identifies this fine head as a king. Curiously this head is in limestone, one of very few in this medium. They are fairly common in plaster. This one, apparently in imitation of its plaster prototypes, has been hollowed out; the gouging marks are still clearly visible. The portrait type is most closely associated with Ptolemy II. An exact date, however, is speculative at best as features like this occur as early as Dynasty 29.- -1920E.A. Abemayor, Cairo, Egypt, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art through Howard Carter1920-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Josephson, Jack A. Egyptian Royal Sculpture of the Late Period, 400-246 B.C. Mainz am Rhein: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 1997. pp. 42-3Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999 Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 470
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