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Head and Shoulders of Man Bearing Kid on Shoulders Late Antique PeriodEgypt

Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, acc. 37.1499E. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 37.1499E
Find spot: Egypt, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Late Antique Period
Date: 395–642 C.E.
Date range: 395 CE – 642 CE
Materials: ['Granite']
Height: 23.4 cm
Width: 24.0 cm
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Head and Shoulders of Man Bearing Kid on Shoulders (37.1499E). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/17380

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Catalogue description: Culture Egypto-Roman Caption: Egypto-Roman. Head and Shoulders of Man Bearing Kid on Shoulders, 395–642 C.E.. Granite, 9 3/16 x 9 7/16 x 4 3/4 in. (23.4 x 24 x 12.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1499E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

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Materials Stone

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BKM-Accession 37.1499E tier-2
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