Face of a Man

Description Provenance Inscription Credit

Description This face of a man is carved in the round. He has a beard and the back of his head is split off. The piece is broken through the neck. It is possible that this piece is a fragment of a statue of a god.

Provenance Nahman [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Number] 2701

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1930

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Creator

Egyptian (Artist)

Period

664-525 BC (Late Period; Saite)

Medium

black granite
(Sculpture)

Accession Number

22.356

Measurements

H: 2 1/2 in. (6.3 cm)

Geographies

Egypt (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View