Head of a priest figurine, Male Egyptian sculptural fragment: a man's head, completely devoid of hair. Skull bony structure excavated and expanded in the rear, upper part highly vaulted. Small, narrow eyes with heavy drooping eyelids; fleshy nose flattened at the tip with wide thick nostrils. Deep furrows and wrinkles under the eyes and around the nose and mouth; fleshy, schematically rendered ears right ear slightly flattened. With base. Third Intermediate Period, 25th Dynasty, c. 747–656 BC. Sculpture; height 4.7 cm, width 3.5 cm, depth 4 cm., A sculpted head resting on a square base, shown frontally against a pale background; the head has a rounded skull, simplified facial features with closed or recessed eye areas, a broad nose, and a subtle mouth, with prominent ears on either side. The surface appears rough and pitted with irregular texture. Visible colors include dark brown, black, and patches of lighter brown or tan, with a few small lighter spots. The base is dark, and the sup...
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Head of a priest figurine, Male Egyptian sculptural fragment: a man's head, completely devoid of hair. Skull bony structure excavated and expanded in the rear, upper part highly vaulted. Small, narrow eyes with heavy drooping eyelids; fleshy nose flattened at the tip with wide thick nostrils. Deep furrows and wrinkles under the eyes and around the nose and mouth; fleshy, schematically rendered ears right ear slightly flattened. With base. Third Intermediate Period, 25th Dynasty, c. 747–656 BC. Sculpture; height 4.7 cm, width 3.5 cm, depth 4 cm., A sculpted head resting on a square base, shown frontally against a pale background; the head has a rounded skull, simplified facial features with closed or recessed eye areas, a broad nose, and a subtle mouth, with prominent ears on either side. The surface appears rough and pitted with irregular texture. Visible colors include dark brown, black, and patches of lighter brown or tan, with a few small lighter spots. The base is dark, and the supporting plinth beneath it is translucent or clear.

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Head priest figurine Male Egyptian sculptural fragment man's head completely devoid hair Skull bony structure excavated expanded rear upper part highly vaulted Small narrow eyes heavy drooping eyelids fleshy nose flattened tip wide thick nostrils Deep furrows wrinkles under eyes nose mouth fleshy schematically rendered ears right ear slightly flattened base Third Intermediate Period 25th Dynasty c 747–656 Bc Sculpture height 4.7 cm width 3.5 cm depth 4 cm sculpted head resting square base shown frontally pale background head rounded skull simplified facial features closed recessed eye areas broad nose subtle mouth prominent ears side surface rough pitted irregular texture Visible colors include dark brown black patches lighter brown tan small lighter spots dark supporting plinth beneath translucent clear.

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