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LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI-XXX, 664-343 B.C.
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A LIMESTONE BUST FROM AN ANTHROPOID SARCOPHAGUS
late period, dynasty xxvi-xxx, 664-343 b.c.
Depicted wearing a tripartite headdress and a false beard, the eyes, brows, and cosmetic lines painted black, the corners of the mouth drilled, inscribed with a single column of incised hieroglyphs reading: "A gift which the king gives to Osiris, the foremost of the Westerners, the great god, the lord of Abydos, in order that he may give..."
37 in. (94 cm.) high
late period, dynasty xxvi-xxx, 664-343 b.c.
Depicted wearing a tripartite headdress and a false beard, the eyes, brows, and cosmetic lines painted black, the corners of the mouth drilled, inscribed with a single column of incised hieroglyphs reading: "A gift which the king gives to Osiris, the foremost of the Westerners, the great god, the lord of Abydos, in order that he may give..."
37 in. (94 cm.) high