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Description: | Fragment of a solid terracotta figurine, only the head survives; there are tracs of plater and red paint around the mouth. The subject is a bald headed male with a prominent angular skull an ears, the eyelids are modelled and the mouth is wide and straight with thin lips; the nose is fleshy and large. This type probably represents a Ptolemaic priest but is similar to those categorised by Petrie as Mesopotamians. Nile silt clay. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ | Rights holder: | University College London | Subjects: | Egyptology | Temporal: | name=Ptolemaic Period; start=-305; end=-30 | Source: | UCL Museums | Identifier: | http://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums/objects/LDU... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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