id:			101386
accession number:	1920.1999
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1920.1999
updated:		2023-03-20 10:11:55.753000

Votive Head of a King, 305–246 BC. Egypt, Early Ptolemaic Dynasty, probably reign of Ptolemy II. Limestone; overall: 21.6 x 16.5 cm (8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1920.1999

title:				Votive Head of a King
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creation date:			305–246 BC
creation date earliest:		-305
creation date latest:		-246
current location:		107 Egyptian
creditline:			Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
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culture:	Egypt, Early Ptolemaic Dynasty, probably reign of Ptolemy II
technique:	limestone
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Egypt - Ptolemaic Dynasty
type:		Sculpture
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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 21.6 x 16.5 cm (8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	E.A. Abemayor, Cairo, Egypt, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art through Howard Carter
	date: -1920
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1920-
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fun fact:
The purpose of this sculpture is not known; it is assumed that this and others like it were votive offerings in honor of the king.

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wall description:
The browband, part of a royal headdress, identifies this fine head as a king. Curiously this head is in limestone, one of very few in this medium. They are fairly common in plaster. This one, apparently in imitation of its plaster prototypes, has been hollowed out; the gouging marks are still clearly visible. The portrait type is most closely associated with Ptolemy II. An exact date, however, is speculative at best as features like this occur as early as Dynasty 29.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Josephson, Jack A. <em>Egyptian Royal Sculpture of the Late Period, 400-246 B.C.</em> Mainz am Rhein: Verlag Philipp von Zabern, 1997.
	page number: 	pp. 42-3
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	Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač.<em> Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999
	page number: 	Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 470
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