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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1920.44.277
Title
Head of a Man
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
2494-2345 BCE
Period
Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5
Culture
Egyptian
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/292658

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Sandstone
Dimensions
8.8 x 7.9 x 8.5 cm (3 7/16 x 3 1/8 x 3 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Miss Elizabeth Gaskell Norton, Boston, MA and Miss Margaret Norton, Cambridge, MA (by 1920), gift; to the Fogg Museum, 1920.

Note: The Misses Norton were daughters of Charles Elliot Norton (1827-1908).

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of the Misses Norton
Accession Year
1920
Object Number
1920.44.277
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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