domingo, 27 de septiembre de 2020

Head of a block statue

 





Head of a block statue
The head has broken off just below the chin. On either side of the jaws, remains of the stone are present indicating that the head belonged to a block statue. The nose is straight, the lines of the eyes and the eyebrows are executed in relief. The head is polished smooth.
granite
26TH DYNASTY
Inventory number APM 8849
ALLARD PIERSON MUSEUM.
onbekend (Rijksmuseum Amsterdam), Antieke voorwerpen uit Egypte en Voor-Azië (tentoonstellingscatalogus), 1931, (nr. 283)
W.M. van Haarlem, R.A. Lunsingh Scheurleer, Gids voor de afdeling Egypte, Allard Pierson Museum Amsterdam, 1986, 81/afb. 61

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