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Summary
: H799
: World Archaeology - Egyptology
: statue
: The carved head of an man with African/ Nubian features. He has short, rounded hair with a wide nose (chipped off), thick lips and creases from his nose diagonally downwards. He has big carved earrings. The back is flat. Exact purpose and position of the heads are not known. Probably from part of a statue. (One of a pair: the other is in Copenhagen.)
Current Location
On Display at Bristol Museum & Art Gallery, Egypt Gallery
: Memphis, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
: West of the court of the mortuary temple of Merenptah.
: NY Carlsberg Glyptotek: Memphis, Egypt, North Africa, Africa: West of the court of the mortuary temple of Merenptah.
: 1295-1186 BC
: New Kingdom (?)
: [Citation] Palace of Apries (Memphis II). pl. XX, p. 14.: [Citation] The Bristol Museum and Art Gallery Report of the Museum and Art Gallery Committee for the year ending 1909. 35.: Given by the British School of Archaeology, 1909.