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Head of a statue of Chephren

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The king wears the nemes headcloth with the uraeus modelled in shallow relief. Only the lappets of the nemes are decorated with stripes. The eyebrows have been modelled in relief, and the mouth has been delineated with a sharply incised line. The curvature of the upper lip has been rendered distinctly.

Present location

PELIZAEUS-MUSEUM [04/030] HILDESHEIM

Inventory number

5415

Dating

CHEPHREN/KHAFRE

Archaeological Site

GIZA NECROPOLIS

Category

STATUE

Material

CALCITE/ALABASTER

Technique

SCULPTURED

Height

48.7 cm

Width

41.2 cm

Depth

34.5 cm

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