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Head of a statuette of the Nubian king Shabaqa

Head of a royal statuette representing the king Shabaka. The king has the takia on his head, adorned with the typical two uraei, whose heads are missing. The face is round, the eyes are barely visible because the surface is damaged. The nose is wide and the mouth features full lips. The ears are modelled. The neck is thick, the lower rim is uneven. The remains of the casting core are visible inside the head. The object is made in the lost-wax technique for hollow casts.

Inv. no. :

Cat. 1394

Material:

Metal / Bronze

Dimensions:

3 cm x 5 cm x 4 cm

Date:

722–655 BCE

Period:

Late Period

Dynasty:

Twenty–fifth Dynasty

Provenance:

Unknown

Acquisition:

Purchase Bernardino Drovetti, 1824

Museum location:

Not on display

Selected bibliography:

Fabretti, Ariodante-Rossi, Francesco-Lanzone, Ridolfo Vittorio, Regio Museo di Torino. Antichità Egizie (Cat. gen. dei musei di antichità e degli ogg. d’arte raccolti nelle gallerie e biblioteche del regno 1. Piemonte), vol. I, Torino 1882, p. 109.
Tipo=Opere biblioteca SottoTipo=Monografia o Opere Autore=Fabretti, Ariodante-Rossi, Francesco-Lanzone, Ridolfo Vittorio Titolo=Regio Museo di Torino. Antichità Egizie Sottotiolo= In= Collana=Cat. gen. dei musei di antichità e degli ogg. d’arte raccolti nelle gallerie e biblioteche del regno Opera=1. Piemonte Luogo=vol. I, Torino Anno=1882 Menzionato=p. 109 Illustrazione=
Morecroft Scattolin, Angela, The Enlightenment rediscovery of Egyptology: Vitaliano Donati's Egyptian expedition, 1759–62, London - New York 2018, pp. 180–181.
Tipo=Monografia SottoTipo= Autore=Morecroft Scattolin, Angela Titolo=The Enlightenment rediscovery of Egyptology: Vitaliano Donati's Egyptian expedition, 1759–62 Sottotiolo= In= Collana= Opera= Luogo=London - New York Anno=2018 Menzionato=pp. 180-181 Illustrazione=
Russmann, Edna R., The representation of the king in the XXVth dynasty (Monographies Reine Élisabeth 3), Bruxelles - Brooklyn 1974, p. 67.
Tipo=Opere biblioteca SottoTipo=Monografia o Opere Autore=Russmann, Edna R. Titolo=The representation of the king in the XXVth dynasty Sottotiolo= In= Collana=Monographies Reine Élisabeth Opera=3 Luogo=Bruxelles - Brooklyn Anno=1974 Menzionato=p. 67 Illustrazione=

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