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Female head

Late Period–Ptolemaic Period
380–250 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 134
This fine small head probably belonged to a standing statuette. The woman wears a short rounded hairstyle characteristic of statuary of non-royal women from Dynasty 26 through the early Ptolemaic Period.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Female head
  • Period: Late Period–Ptolemaic Period
  • Date: 380–250 BCE
  • Geography: Probably from Delta; From Egypt
  • Medium: Limestone, paint
  • Dimensions: H. 6.9 cm (2 11/16 in.); W. 5.5 cm (2 3/16 in.); D. 6.6 cm (2 5/8 in.)
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
  • Object Number: 26.7.1401
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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