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Reserve head Old KingdomGiza

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. 48.156. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 48.156
Find spot: Giza, Memphite Region, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Old Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 4
Reign: reign of Khufu or Khafre
Date: ca. 2551–2528 B.C.
Date range: 2551 BCE – 2528 BCE
Materials: ['limestone']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), Reserve head (48.156). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/118

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Head, reserve. Old Kingdom, Dynasty 4, reign of Khufu or Khafre, ca. 2551–2528 B.C. Limestone. H. 27 cm ( 10 5/8 in.); w. 16 cm (6 5/16 in.); d. 21 cm (8 1/4 in.). From: Eastern Cemetery, Mastaba G7560; Pit G7560 B, Giza, Memphite Region, Egypt. Excavation: Harvard-Boston MFA excavations, 1936. Credit: Rogers Fund, 1948.

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Found at Giza

Materials Limestone

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