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Head from the figure of a camel

Ptolemaic Period
332–30 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 130
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.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Head from the figure of a camel
  • Period: Ptolemaic Period
  • Date: 332–30 BCE
  • 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
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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