Head of an official, Late Period–Early Ptolemaic Period, 400–200 B.C., From Egypt, Quartzite, H. 7.3 × W. 7.1 × D. 8.6 cm (2 7/8 × 2 13/16 × 3 3/8 in.), Although the size of this head testifies to a very small statue, its commissioner was able to acquire a fine dense quartzite stone. The head shows no evidence of adjacent horizontal surfaces such as one would expect with a block statue, so it was most probably part of a small striding statue, and could also have held a divine figure or a naos
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