Head of a Queen or Goddess

Medium: Limestone

Geograhical Locations:

• Egypt

Dates:ca. 230 B.C.E.

Dimensions: 4 1/4 x 3 1/8 in. (10.8 x 7.9 cm)

Collections:

• Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Exhibitions:

• Cleopatra's Egypt: Age of the Ptolemies
• Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity
• Ancient Egyptian Art

Accession Number: 86.226.32

Image: CUR.86.226.32_NegA_print_bw.jpg,

Catalogue Description:
One cream-colored crystalline limestone head of a queen wearing a tripartite echeloned-curl wig surmounted by a circlet with uraeus and plain tholus with a square hole on top. Brows and cosmetic lines are rendered in narrow plastic strips; upper eyelid rim outlined, deep orbital cavities; fine, straight nose with sharp back; pursed mouth below well-marked philtrum; small pointed chin; full throat; no trace of back pillar. Condition: Small, old, discolored chips in several places; recent chips on the left side of the tholus and on the uraeus which may be unfinished, never having had a head. Tip of nose missing.

Brooklyn Museum