presumably end of the 4th century BC, Presumably from Memphis
The bust once formed part of a standing statue with a wide, flat back pillar bearing four columns of inscription. The position of the arms suggests that the man held a stele or a small shrine. His facial features and bag-like wig are characteristic of the Late Period, but there are unmistakable traces of later reworking.
Statue
Ägyptisch
Ptolemaic Period
presumably end of the 4th century BC
Gabbro
H 26 cm, B 19,8 cm, T 13,2 cm, G (mit Sockel) 9,8 kg
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Ägyptisch - Orientalische Sammlung
Ägyptische Sammlung, INV 20
1799, acquired by exchange from Prince Poniatowski
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