Head of a Queen

Description Provenance Inscription Credit

Description This head of a queen is carved in the round and broken off at the neck. She has long hair, divided over her shoulders. The uraeus has been removed from her forehead.

Provenance Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1927 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Number] On old label: 6359 M xgg

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1927

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Creator

Egyptian (Artist)

Period

2119-1793 BC (?) (Middle Kingdom (?))

Medium

brownish granite
(Sculpture)

Accession Number

22.376

Measurements

H: 4 1/2 in. (11.5 cm)

Geographies

Egypt (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View