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Fragment of a royal statuette (head)

Head of a royal figure. The king is wearing a nemes or a khat, decorated with the uraeus, its tail extending on the top of the headdress. The face is proportionate. The neck is broken. Under the head, there is a round hole filled with a black and shiny material. The object is made in the lost-wax technique for solid casts.

Cat. 1395
Metal / Bronze
712–332 BCE
Late Period
Unknown
Purchase Bernardino Drovetti, 1824
Not on display
Museo Egizio