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Head from a Sarcophagus Lid Late Period to Ptolemaic PeriodMemphis, Egypt

Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, acc. 33.56. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

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Accession: 33.56
Find spot: Memphis, Egypt, Egypt approx. site location
Period: Late Period to Ptolemaic Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 30, or later
Date: 381–30 B.C.E.
Date range: 381 BCE – 30 BCE
Materials: ['Indurated limestone']
Repository: Brooklyn Museum
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Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art, Head from a Sarcophagus Lid (33.56). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/18238

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Caption: Head from a Sarcophagus Lid, 381–30 B.C.E.. Indurated limestone, 17 5/16 x 16 9/16 x 12 in., 113 lb. (44 x 42 x 30.5 cm, 51.26kg). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 33.56. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

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Found at Memphis

Materials Limestone

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BKM-Accession 33.56 tier-2
BKM-Object 35967 tier-2

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