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Male head

ca. 2700–2600 BCE
Not on view

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Male head
  • Period: Early Dynastic II
  • Date: ca. 2700–2600 BCE
  • Geography: Mesopotamia, Diyala region
  • Medium: Alabaster
  • Dimensions: 5.39 x 5.51 in. (13.69 x 14 cm)
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund and Gifts of Lucy W. Drexel, Theodore M. Davis, Helen Miller Gould, Albert Gallatin, Egypt Exploration Fund and Egyptian Research Account, by exchange, 1950
  • Object Number: 51.25.5
  • Curatorial Department: Ancient West Asian Art

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