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Late Period–Ptolemaic Period
This small god wears a simple sun disk on a distinctive hairstyle consisting of four rows of regular square thick locks of hair. So far his identity remains uncertain.
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Title: God wearing disk and uraeus on a short wig
Period: Late Period–Ptolemaic Period
Date: 664–30 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt
Medium: Cupreous metal
Dimensions: H. 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in.); W. 1.3 cm (1/2 in.); D. 3 cm (1 3/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Lily S. Place, 1923
Object Number: 23.6.17
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