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Bust of a statue

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Bust of a statue of a Persian official. He wears a skull cap leaving the ears bare, a shirt with a scoop neck and a triangular neck, and a Persian type collar with relief lion protomai at the extremities. The bust has a back-pillar with a trapezoidal top and the beginning of two columns of incised hieroglyphs.

Present location

MUSEO ARCHEOLOGICO NAZIONALE/MUSEO EGIZIO [05/027] FLORENCE

Inventory number

11900

Dating

27TH DYNASTY AND CONTEMPORARIES

Archaeological Site

UNSPECIFIED

Category

STATUE

Material

BASALT

Technique

INCISION; HEWN

Height

36.5 cm

Width

42.2 cm

Depth

32 cm

Translation

The venerated one before Atum, the prince
The venerated one before Ra, the prince

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