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<em>Fragment of the Breast and Shoulder of a Man</em>, 305–30 B.C. Basalt, 3 5/8 × 6 11/16 × 3 9/16 in. (9.2 × 17 × 9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Louis Herse, 36.737. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 36.737_front_PS2.jpg)
Fragment of the Breast and Shoulder of a Man, 305–30 B.C. Basalt, 3 5/8 × 6 11/16 × 3 9/16 in. (9.2 × 17 × 9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Louis Herse, 36.737. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 36.737_front_PS2.jpg)
<em>Fragment of the Breast and Shoulder of a Man</em>, 305–30 B.C. Basalt, 3 5/8 × 6 11/16 × 3 9/16 in. (9.2 × 17 × 9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Louis Herse, 36.737. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 36.737_front_PS2.jpg)

Fragment of the Breast and Shoulder of a Man, 305–30 B.C. Basalt, 3 5/8 × 6 11/16 × 3 9/16 in. (9.2 × 17 × 9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Louis Herse, 36.737. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 36.737_front_PS2.jpg)

<em>Fragment of the Breast and Shoulder of a Man</em>, 305–30 B.C. Basalt, 3 5/8 × 6 11/16 × 3 9/16 in. (9.2 × 17 × 9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Louis Herse, 36.737. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 36.737_back_PS2.jpg)

Fragment of the Breast and Shoulder of a Man, 305–30 B.C. Basalt, 3 5/8 × 6 11/16 × 3 9/16 in. (9.2 × 17 × 9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Louis Herse, 36.737. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 36.737_back_PS2.jpg)

<em>Fragment of the Breast and Shoulder of a Man</em>, 305–30 B.C. Basalt, 3 5/8 × 6 11/16 × 3 9/16 in. (9.2 × 17 × 9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Louis Herse, 36.737. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.36.737_negCEG797_bw.jpg)

Fragment of the Breast and Shoulder of a Man, 305–30 B.C. Basalt, 3 5/8 × 6 11/16 × 3 9/16 in. (9.2 × 17 × 9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Louis Herse, 36.737. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.36.737_negCEG797_bw.jpg)

<em>Fragment of the Breast and Shoulder of a Man</em>, 305–30 B.C. Basalt, 3 5/8 × 6 11/16 × 3 9/16 in. (9.2 × 17 × 9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Louis Herse, 36.737. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.36.737_view01.jpg)

Fragment of the Breast and Shoulder of a Man, 305–30 B.C. Basalt, 3 5/8 × 6 11/16 × 3 9/16 in. (9.2 × 17 × 9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Louis Herse, 36.737. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.36.737_view01.jpg)

<em>Fragment of the Breast and Shoulder of a Man</em>, 305–30 B.C. Basalt, 3 5/8 × 6 11/16 × 3 9/16 in. (9.2 × 17 × 9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Louis Herse, 36.737. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.36.737_bodyparts.jpg)

Fragment of the Breast and Shoulder of a Man, 305–30 B.C. Basalt, 3 5/8 × 6 11/16 × 3 9/16 in. (9.2 × 17 × 9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Louis Herse, 36.737. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.36.737_bodyparts.jpg)

<em>Fragment of the Breast and Shoulder of a Man</em>, 305–30 B.C. Basalt, 3 5/8 × 6 11/16 × 3 9/16 in. (9.2 × 17 × 9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Louis Herse, 36.737. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.36.737_view02.jpg)

Fragment of the Breast and Shoulder of a Man, 305–30 B.C. Basalt, 3 5/8 × 6 11/16 × 3 9/16 in. (9.2 × 17 × 9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Louis Herse, 36.737. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.36.737_view02.jpg)

<em>Fragment of the Breast and Shoulder of a Man</em>, 305–30 B.C. Basalt, 3 5/8 × 6 11/16 × 3 9/16 in. (9.2 × 17 × 9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Louis Herse, 36.737. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.36.737_view03.jpg)

Fragment of the Breast and Shoulder of a Man, 305–30 B.C. Basalt, 3 5/8 × 6 11/16 × 3 9/16 in. (9.2 × 17 × 9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Louis Herse, 36.737. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.36.737_view03.jpg)

<em>Fragment of the Breast and Shoulder of a Man</em>, 305–30 B.C. Basalt, 3 5/8 × 6 11/16 × 3 9/16 in. (9.2 × 17 × 9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Louis Herse, 36.737. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.36.737_view04.jpg)

Fragment of the Breast and Shoulder of a Man, 305–30 B.C. Basalt, 3 5/8 × 6 11/16 × 3 9/16 in. (9.2 × 17 × 9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Louis Herse, 36.737. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.36.737_view04.jpg)

<em>Fragment of the Breast and Shoulder of a Man</em>, 305–30 B.C. Basalt, 3 5/8 × 6 11/16 × 3 9/16 in. (9.2 × 17 × 9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Louis Herse, 36.737. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.36.737_view05.jpg)

Fragment of the Breast and Shoulder of a Man, 305–30 B.C. Basalt, 3 5/8 × 6 11/16 × 3 9/16 in. (9.2 × 17 × 9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Louis Herse, 36.737. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.36.737_view05.jpg)

<em>Fragment of the Breast and Shoulder of a Man</em>, 305–30 B.C. Basalt, 3 5/8 × 6 11/16 × 3 9/16 in. (9.2 × 17 × 9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Louis Herse, 36.737. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.36.737_view06.jpg)

Fragment of the Breast and Shoulder of a Man, 305–30 B.C. Basalt, 3 5/8 × 6 11/16 × 3 9/16 in. (9.2 × 17 × 9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Louis Herse, 36.737. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.36.737_view06.jpg)

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Fragment of the Breast and Shoulder of a Man

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Basalt
DATES 305–30 B.C.
PERIOD Ptolemaic Period
DIMENSIONS 3 5/8 × 6 11/16 × 3 9/16 in. (9.2 × 17 × 9 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 36.737
CREDIT LINE Gift of Louis Herse
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION Fragment of the breast and shoulder of a man in very hard black stone. Probably basanite. The usual pillar runs up the back, on the small part of which remaining on this fragment there are hieroglyphs giving the man’s religious titles. Fragment is in excellent condition and is of splendid workmanship.
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CAPTION Fragment of the Breast and Shoulder of a Man, 305–30 B.C. Basalt, 3 5/8 × 6 11/16 × 3 9/16 in. (9.2 × 17 × 9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Louis Herse, 36.737. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 36.737_front_PS2.jpg)
IMAGE front, 36.737_front_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2009
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<em>Fragment of the Breast and Shoulder of a Man</em>, 305–30 B.C. Basalt, 3 5/8 × 6 11/16 × 3 9/16 in. (9.2 × 17 × 9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Louis Herse, 36.737. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 36.737_front_PS2.jpg)

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