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Late Period–Early Ptolemaic Period
Although the size of this head testifies to a very small statue, its commissioner was able to acquire a fine dense quartzite stone. The head shows no evidence of adjacent horizontal surfaces such as one would expect with a block statue, so it was most probably part of a small striding statue, and could also have held a divine figure or a naos.
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Title: Head of an official
Period: Late Period–Early Ptolemaic Period
Date: 400–200 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt
Medium: Quartzite
Dimensions: H. 7.3 × W. 7.1 × D. 8.6 cm (2 7/8 × 2 13/16 × 3 3/8 in.)
Credit Line: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915
Accession Number: 30.8.82
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