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The head belongs to the type of sculpture representing a man with a shaven head characteristic of the Late Period. The head is egg-shaped, with elongated, heavy occipital part. The eyebrows are slightly protruding, the eyelids are treated in a very low relief. The cheek-bones are prominent, the naso-labial folds are soft. The full lips are smiling indifferently. The face is modelled softly and even indistinctly; it is somewhat asymmetrical, with the left eye placed higher and set deeper than the right one. The statue had a back pillar with a trapezoid upper part. This feature is post-Saite, appearing  only after the first Persian conquest; at the same time, the head keeps some characteristics of the style of the Twenty-Sixth Dynasty, such as full, almost pout lips and generally amorphous features. Thus, the statue may be dated pack to the time following the Saite period.

The head belongs to the type of sculpture representing a man with a shaven head characteristic of the Late Period. The head is egg-shaped, with elongated, heavy occipital part. The eyebrows are slightly protruding, the eyelids are treated in a very low relief. The cheek-bones are prominent, the naso-labial folds are soft. The full lips are smiling indifferently. The face is modelled softly and even indistinctly; it is somewhat asymmetrical, with the left eye placed higher and set deeper than the right one. The statue had a back pillar with a trapezoid upper part. This feature is post-Saite, appearing  only after the first Persian conquest; at the same time, the head keeps some characteristics of the style of the Twenty-Sixth Dynasty, such as full, almost pout lips and generally amorphous features. Thus, the statue may be dated pack to the time following the Saite period.

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From the collection of Turaev; the date, place and method of acquisition are unrecorded.

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Bibliography

Lapis I.A., Matthieu M.E., Drevneegipetskaya skul'ptura v sobranii Gosudarstvennogo Ermitazha. Moscow, 1969, pp.119-120, cat.no.123, fig.79.

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Preservation: 
The nose, eyebrows, mouth and  chin are damaged; the summit of the pillar is lost; the surface is weathered.

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