Limestone male figure in Egyptian dress - image 1

Archaic II

Limestone male figure in Egyptian dress

The figure wears the double crown of Egypt, a three-row pectoral, a baldric perhaps for a quiver, bracelets, and a kilt that is embellished with winged uraei, a head of the Egyptian god Bes or of the Gorgon Medusa, and an eye. WebPub GR 2012 Cesnola: 23 1/4 × 9 × 5 3/8 in., 17.5 lb. (59 × 22.9 × 13.7 cm, 7.9 kg)

Date

575 - 525 BC

Accession No.

74.51.2603

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • Sanctuary of Golgoi-Ayios Photios

References

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