figure
- Description
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Egyptian terracotta figure of bearded man wearing festival wreath headdress, possibly wearing a mask, or representing Priapos. Face looks like an actors mask. Head only. Mould-made and solid with crude back. Dark red-brown Nile silt fabric with grey core. Abundant fine gold mica, quartz, organics and white inclusions.
- Production date
- (late)2nd BC- (early)1st BC
- Dimensions
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Height: 4.40 centimetres
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Length: 4.10 centimetres
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Width: 3.50 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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Object owned and held by the Museum of Classical Archaeology, Cambridge. This record is included in the British Museum database as part of the Museum’s Naukratis Project, a research collaboration that aims to virtually re-unite finds from the ancient port city of Naukratis, now distributed over 80 museums worldwide.
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Probably made at Naukratis. '103' written on back in pencil (more likely a catalogue number than a findspot reference). Similar Priapus head in Dresden dated to the late 2nd century BC (Fischer 1994, no.698). Also see 1st century BC parallel from Tell Atrib (Szymańska 2005, no. 7).
Fischer, J. 1994, Griechisch-römische Terrakotten aus Ägypten. Die Sammlungen Sieglin und Schreiber, Dresden, Leipzig, Stuttgart, Tübingen, Tübinger Studien zur Archäologie und Kunstgeschichte 14, Tübingen.
Szymańska, H. 2005, Terres cuites d’Athribis, Turnhout.
- Location
- Not on display
- Department
- External
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: NA607 (Accession Number)