Title: Head of Dionysus (?) for attachment, possibly for a couch
Object type: Hellenistic head, boss
Date: 332–30 B.C.
Period: Ptolemaic Period
Medium: ivory
Dimensions: H. 4.9 cm (1 15/16 in.); W. 5.1 cm (2 in.); D. 2.8 cm (1 1/8 in.)
Credit line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
Geography: Probably from      Alexandria    
Department: Egyptian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Heads