1592999514000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-59178 1752863424103 1752826557000 1752863283580 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-59178 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/59178 9bf989f1-fa76-3874-ae5d-60e40260cb05 10 reference term-24684 adlib-term-24684 d393a5de-b39c-3c8a-a335-1df96addc591 manufacturing Antiquities Plaster cast of a male face, probably representing a Nubian/African. Plaster cast of a male face, which appears to have been taken from a person. The face is broad and flat with a short but broad nose and high cheek bones all of which suggest that the person was of Black African descent. It is likely that a wax layer was placed on the person's face in order to create a mould; plaster was then poured into the mould and was smoothed off at the rear to produce a realistic representation of the person's features. The mouth seems to have been added later and is formed from a simple cut into the plaster. It is not clear whether the mask was taken during the man's lifetime, or after death. Such objects are not common due the the fragile nature of the plaster and also the fact that these images were most likely used by a sculptor as a model and so later disgarded. There are other examples from the Amarna Period that were found in an abandoned sculptor's workshop in the capital city. However, many such objects seem to be more stylised and so are unlikely to represent a true image of a person. There are exceptions in addition to the Fitzwilliam Museum's plaster head. Such images of Black Africans are important because they show that many Egyptians in Ancient Egypt were what we today would call Black. E.GA.5503.1943 1 accession number E.GA.5503.1943 59178 priref 59178 oldadmincategory SU uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/59178 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/59178 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference agent-159803 adlib-agent-159803 7bc2ab2d-171a-3e61-8a2a-0fb0857b532f Gayer-Anderson, R. G. (Major) 1943 1943 1943 given reference term-112667 adlib-term-112667 3036477c-c924-3a54-9216-96aa8856feee Mallawi Egypt 1352 1352 BCE 1352 circa -1352 1336 Eighteenth Dynasty New Kingdom 1 1336 BCE 1336 circa -1336 reference term-12503 adlib-term-12503 82b4059b-8e77-3913-ba32-a38d5972d455 Amarna period reference term-107870 adlib-term-107870 4e6e7a6c-6076-3260-bc72-1404368e4f3a literal Egypt Egypt country Egypt reference term-32639 adlib-term-32639 54c3114d-a3ff-3bce-8f95-e10a5a2347f1 plaster Depth cm 7.7 Length cm 20 Width cm 15.2 reference media-167471 adlib-media-167471 66e1e12c-d975-3a3c-9f57-8040b7dc0952 jpeg ant/ant32/E_GA_5503_1943.jpg 1 height pixels 760 width pixels 632 1742594864624 1 image jpeg ant/ant32/mid_E_GA_5503_1943.jpg 1 height pixels 601 width pixels 500 1742594864624 1 image jpeg ant/ant32/E_GA_5503_1943.jpg 1 height pixels 760 width pixels 632 1742594864624 1 image jpeg ant/ant32/preview_E_GA_5503_1943.jpg 1 height pixels 301 width pixels 250 1742594864624 1 image 0 media image reference media-24314 adlib-media-24314 5abd4bf2-d711-382d-9807-b1b565132335 jpeg ant/ant5/E_GA_5503_1943_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 760 width pixels 570 1742581634654 1 image jpeg ant/ant5/mid_E_GA_5503_1943_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 667 width pixels 500 1742581634654 1 image jpeg ant/ant5/E_GA_5503_1943_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 760 width pixels 570 1742581634654 1 image jpeg ant/ant5/preview_E_GA_5503_1943_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 333 width pixels 250 1742581634654 1 image 1 media image reference media-3964980128 portfolio portfolio-media-3964980128 62bdede2-6377-3769-ae74-ad7c9c198231 jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/625/365/large_E_GA_5503_1943_200705_mfj22_dc1.jpg 1 height pixels 1231 width pixels 1024 1550048081000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/625/365/mid_E_GA_5503_1943_200705_mfj22_dc1.jpg 1 height pixels 601 width pixels 500 1550048081000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/625/365/E_GA_5503_1943_200705_mfj22_dc1.jpg 1 height pixels 2845 width pixels 2366 1550048081000 1 image jpeg portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/625/365/preview_E_GA_5503_1943_200705_mfj22_dc1.jpg 1 height pixels 301 width pixels 250 1550048081000 1 image pyramid tiff portfolio/F25982D9_7CB9_CFFF_028E_8BBFC531887C/625/365/E_GA_5503_1943_200705_mfj22_dc1.ptif 1 height pixels 2845 width pixels 2366 1550048081000 1 image 2 media image reference term-886 adlib-term-886 2152ecd1-fb26-316f-883b-28789ad00938 model reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum

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