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FIRST INTERMEDIATE PERIOD/EARLY MIDDLE KINGDOM, CIRCA 2181-1991 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE MALE HEAD
FIRST INTERMEDIATE PERIOD/EARLY MIDDLE KINGDOM, CIRCA 2181-1991 B.C.
Bald-headed with projecting mouth and chin, mounted, 2 in. (5.1 cm.) high; a turquoise glazed composition upper part of a Nubian girl, arms raised, details of arm-bands and headdress in brown glaze, circa 7th-4th Century B.C., 2 in. (5 cm.) high; a turquoise glazed composition offering tray with four granaries, Late Period/Ptolemaic Period, 6th-3rd Century B.C., 2¾ x 2½ in. (7 x 5.6 cm.); and a green glazed composition amulet of Ptaichos, Late Period/Ptolemaic Period, circa 4th-1st Century B.C., 1 5/8 in. (3.5 cm.) (4)
FIRST INTERMEDIATE PERIOD/EARLY MIDDLE KINGDOM, CIRCA 2181-1991 B.C.
Bald-headed with projecting mouth and chin, mounted, 2 in. (5.1 cm.) high; a turquoise glazed composition upper part of a Nubian girl, arms raised, details of arm-bands and headdress in brown glaze, circa 7th-4th Century B.C., 2 in. (5 cm.) high; a turquoise glazed composition offering tray with four granaries, Late Period/Ptolemaic Period, 6th-3rd Century B.C., 2¾ x 2½ in. (7 x 5.6 cm.); and a green glazed composition amulet of Ptaichos, Late Period/Ptolemaic Period, circa 4th-1st Century B.C., 1 5/8 in. (3.5 cm.) (4)
Provenance
Acquired in Egypt between 1956-1958; item one said to have come from Assiut.
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