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Egyptian terracotta figure of a bearded man. Head broken from a figure, perhaps of a philosopher or dramatist (Thales or Aischylos?). He has a full beard and moustache, and his hair, which is indicated by incision at front and back, recedes at the temples. Putative identifications are nearer surviving portraits of these Greek intellectuals than to others. Hollow, from two-piece mould. Traces of a white dressing and pink paint of skin on temples and cheek, grey paint on hair and beard. Brown Nile silt with frequent fine gold mica and rare white inclusions.
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