Egyptian / Head of an Official / Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 13 (c. 1783 B.C.)Egyptian
Head of an Official
Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 13 (c. 1783 B.C.)

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Creator Name: Unknown
Creator Nationality: African; North African; Egyptian
Creator Dates/Places: Ancient Egypt Africa,North Africa,Egypt
Creator Active Place: Africa,North Africa,Egypt
Creator Name-CRT: Egyptian
Title: Head of an Official
Title Type: preferred
View: Front view
Creation Start Date: -178
Creation End Date: -167
Creation Date: Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 13 (c. 1783 B.C.)
Creation Place: Africa,North Africa,Egypt
Object Type: Sculpture
Materials and Techniques: Black granite
Dimensions: H: 33.8 cm (13-3/4 in.); W.: 46.3 cm (18-1/4 in.)
AMICA Contributor: The Art Institute of Chicago
Owner Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
ID Number: 1920.261
Credit Line: The Art Institute of Chicago, Museum Purchase Fund
Rights: http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html
Subject Description: The large size and fine quality of the head suggests that it was commissioned for a substantial government official to be used in his tomb. As a representative of the dead it would have symbolically partaken of the offerings brought to the tomb. The almost life-sized figure wears a conventional wig.
AMICA ID: AIC_.1920.261
AMICA Library Year: 1999
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright The Art Institute of Chicago, 1999

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