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<em>Head from a Tomb Statue of a Man</em>, ca. 2500–2350 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 5 7/16 × 4 7/16 × 4 11/16 in. (13.8 × 11.3 × 11.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.226.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.86.226.1_view1_erg456.jpg)
Head from a Tomb Statue of a Man, ca. 2500–2350 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 5 7/16 × 4 7/16 × 4 11/16 in. (13.8 × 11.3 × 11.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.226.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.86.226.1_view1_erg456.jpg)
<em>Head from a Tomb Statue of a Man</em>, ca. 2500–2350 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 5 7/16 × 4 7/16 × 4 11/16 in. (13.8 × 11.3 × 11.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.226.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.86.226.1_view1_erg456.jpg)

Head from a Tomb Statue of a Man, ca. 2500–2350 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 5 7/16 × 4 7/16 × 4 11/16 in. (13.8 × 11.3 × 11.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.226.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.86.226.1_view1_erg456.jpg)

<em>Head from a Tomb Statue of a Man</em>, ca. 2500–2350 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 5 7/16 × 4 7/16 × 4 11/16 in. (13.8 × 11.3 × 11.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.226.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.86.226.1_view2_erg456.jpg)

Head from a Tomb Statue of a Man, ca. 2500–2350 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 5 7/16 × 4 7/16 × 4 11/16 in. (13.8 × 11.3 × 11.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.226.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.86.226.1_view2_erg456.jpg)

<em>Head from a Tomb Statue of a Man</em>, ca. 2500–2350 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 5 7/16 × 4 7/16 × 4 11/16 in. (13.8 × 11.3 × 11.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.226.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.86.226.1_erg2.jpg)

Head from a Tomb Statue of a Man, ca. 2500–2350 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 5 7/16 × 4 7/16 × 4 11/16 in. (13.8 × 11.3 × 11.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.226.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.86.226.1_erg2.jpg)

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Head from a Tomb Statue of a Man

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

On View: Egyptian Orientation Gallery, 3rd Floor
A tomb statue provided an eternal image for the deceased’s spirit to inhabit, in order to receive the offerings needed in the afterlife. Ancient tomb robbers roughly gouged out the valuable inlaid eyes of copper and stone that would have given this statue a lifelike appearance.
MEDIUM Limestone, pigment
  • Place Made: Egypt
    • DATES ca. 2500–2350 B.C.E.
    DYNASTY Dynasty 5
    PERIOD Old Kingdom
    DIMENSIONS 5 7/16 × 4 7/16 × 4 11/16 in. (13.8 × 11.3 × 11.9 cm)  (show scale)
    COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 86.226.1
    CREDIT LINE Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc.
    CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Painted limestone head of a man wearing curled wig, ears not indicated. Fine quality conventionalized face painted orange-red. Remains of black paint on wig. Eyes originally inlaid. Preserved to base of neck. Condition: Poor. In gouging out the eyes all adjacent areas were badly damaged.
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    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is on view in Egyptian Orientation Gallery, 3rd Floor
    CAPTION Head from a Tomb Statue of a Man, ca. 2500–2350 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 5 7/16 × 4 7/16 × 4 11/16 in. (13.8 × 11.3 × 11.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.226.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.86.226.1_view1_erg456.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, CUR.86.226.1_view1_erg456.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 11/20/2007
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    <em>Head from a Tomb Statue of a Man</em>, ca. 2500–2350 B.C.E. Limestone, pigment, 5 7/16 × 4 7/16 × 4 11/16 in. (13.8 × 11.3 × 11.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.226.1. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.86.226.1_view1_erg456.jpg)

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