Head From a Sarcophagus Lid

Ptolemaic Period (332 BCE–30 BCE)

Egyptian

Status: On View, Gallery 50
Department: Arts of Africa

Culture: Ancient Egyptian
Title: Head From a Sarcophagus Lid
Place: Egypt (Object made in)
Date: 332 BCE–30 BCE
Medium: Limestone
Dimensions: 45.7 × 48.3 × 35.6 cm (18 × 19 × 14 in.) (approx.)
Credit Line: Gift of Henry H. Getty, Charles L. Hutchinson, Robert H. Fleming, and Norman W. Harris
Reference Number: 1894.388
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Thomas George Allen, A Handbook of the Egyptian Collection (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1923), p. 16.

Art Institute of Chicago, Life and Afterlife in Ancient Egypt, Feb. 11, 2022 - present.

The Art Institute of Chicago, acquired in 1894; price reimbursed by Henry H. Getty, Charles L. Hutchinson, Robert H. Fleming, and Norman W. Harris.

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