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Head from a sarcophagus
Egyptian
Hellenistic Period (Ptolemaic Dynasty)
200 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Limestone
Dimensions
Height x width x depth: 48 x 53 x 35 cm (18 7/8 x 20 7/8 x 13 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Service des Antiquités d'Égypte
Accession Number12.1511
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsTomb equipment – Coffins and sarcophagi
DescriptionFinely polished white limestone head from the lid of a sarcophagus. The deceased is shown wearing a plain tripartite wig that falls behind the ears. This style of sarcophagus was popular from Dynasty 30 through the Ptolemaic Dynasty.
Provenance1912: given to the MFA by the Egyptian Antiquities Service.