Head of Dionysus (?) for attachment, possibly for a couch

Ptolemaic Period

332–30 BCE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 134

Fine ivory attachments were used on Hellenistic couches of the type that served for dining and sleeping, but also as funerary biers.

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Title: Head of Dionysus (?) for attachment, possibly for a couch
Period: Ptolemaic Period
Date: 332–30 BCE
Geography: From Egypt, Alexandria Region; Probably from Alexandria
Medium: ivory
Dimensions: H. 4.9 cm (1 15/16 in.); W. 5.1 cm (2 in.); D. 2.8 cm (1 1/8 in.)
Credit Line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
Object Number: 26.7.1301
Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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