<em>Royal Head</em>, 4th century B.C.E. Limestone, 8 1/4 x 6 11/16 in. (21 x 17 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.169. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.169_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

Royal Head, 4th century B.C.E. Limestone, 8 1/4 x 6 11/16 in. (21 x 17 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.169. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.169_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

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Royal Head

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

On View: 19th Dynasty to Roman Period, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor

MEDIUM Limestone

Reportedly From: Abydos, Egypt

DATES 4th century B.C.E.

PERIOD Late Period to Ptolemaic Period

DIMENSIONS 8 1/4 x 6 11/16 in. (21 x 17 cm) (show scale)

COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

ACCESSION NUMBER 16.169

CREDIT LINE Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour

CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Slightly under life-size limestone head of a king wearing Nemes headdress with uraeus. Condition: Nose missing, minor chips on face. Right side of headdress missing. Lower left headdress partly restored in plaster. Uraeus, chipped, Most of back of headdress missing. Some pieces on top of head have been set in place in plaster. Traces (very faint) of red paint around uraeus. Good work and a good example of its type.

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MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view on the 19th Dynasty to Roman Period, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor

CAPTION Royal Head, 4th century B.C.E. Limestone, 8 1/4 x 6 11/16 in. (21 x 17 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.169. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.16.169_NegA_print_bw.jpg)

IMAGE overall, CUR.16.169_NegA_print_bw.jpg., 2017

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