Limestone Model Of Head
date: label: Accession Date
content: 15 Jul 1997
label: Collection Date
content: 1955 to 1956
name: label: Collector
content: Walter J. Clark
label: Donor Name
content: Walter J. Clark
notes: label: Notes
content: TAN COLORED LIMESTONE FRAGMENT, ROUGH & UNCUT ON UNDERSIDE. TOP SIDE HAS PARTIAL LOW-RELIEF OF FIGURE'S PROFILE FACING PROPER LEFT. INCISED FACIAL FEATURES INCLUDE FULL LIPS, EYELINERS, AND EAR W/ PIERCED LOBE. APPEARS TO WEAR HEADDRESS WHICH, ALONG W/ UPPER TORSO, HAS THINLY INCISED CURVILINEAR DESIGN. TRACES OF RED & BLACK PIGMENTS IN CREVICES.
label: Notes
content: Relief fragment, king's head; with nemes headdress and uraeus? Needs conservation. Limestone model ostracon, probably fake per Johns Hopkins University Egyptologist Betsy Bryan. Seems to be a head modeled on Ahmenhotep II (or III - the father of Akhenaten), not Akhenaten as the authentic ones often are. Lots of mistakes in the headdress, and a modern attempt at realism and perspective by continuing the collar past the lappet of the headdress - never seen on authentic pieces.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 19 Jul 2017
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: Cairo (purchased here), Lower Egypt, Egypt, Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Archaeology
culture: label: Culture
content: Ancient Egyptian
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 409928
label: USNM Number
content: A553323-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Sculpture
physicalDescription: label: Length - Object
content: 12.5 cm
label: Width - Object
content: 9 cm
label: Height - Object
content: 3 cm