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Ptolemaic Period
This small terracotta head is unpretentious but skillfully modeled. It is the living image of a camel, head held disdainfully upright, the protruding eyes gazing into the far distance, while the soft muzzle seems to be caught in a chewing motion.
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Title: Head from the figure of a camel
Period: Ptolemaic Period
Date: 332–30 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, foot of Hatshepsut Causeway, Lower Cemetery area (Birabi), MMA excavations, 1915–16
Medium: Terracotta, white slip
Dimensions: H. 4.8 × W. 2.5 × D. 4.8 cm (1 7/8 in. × 1 in. × 1 7/8 in.)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1932
Object Number: 32.3.343
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