Egyptian limestone sculptor's model of a king's head

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An image of Figure/Statue. A Sculptor's Model. King's head, wearing nemes and uraeus (cobra), broken off at neck, roughly finished surface. Production Place/Find Spot: Egypt. Limestone, carved. Late Period-Ptolemaic. Production Note: Rulers of Dynasty 30 and the Ptolemaic period used this 'portrait type'. The continuation was probably a deliberate attempt to associate the new Greek rulers with the last Egyptian dynasty.

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Figure/Statue. A Sculptor's Model. King's head, wearing nemes and uraeus (cobra), broken off at neck, roughly finished surface. Production Place/Find Spot: Egypt. Limestone, carved. Late Period-Ptolemaic. Production Note: Rulers of Dynasty 30 and the Ptolemaic period used this 'portrait type'. The continuation was probably a deliberate attempt to associate the new Greek rulers with the last Egyptian dynasty.

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Accession Number: E.GA.91.1949
Aperture: f/22.0
Focal length: 120
Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Mark Box
Image height: 1024 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.7 (Macintosh)
Filesize: 142.00kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2012:04:11 16:08:34

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Ancient Egypt antiquity carved Egyptian faces figure Fitz_ANT hair head headdress heads kings limestone male nemes portraits Ptolemaic Ptolemaic Dynasty royal royalty rulers sculpture snake uraei Uraeus

Egyptian limestone sculptor's model of a king's head

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