Head of an Official

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

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AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

true

AMICA ID:

AIC_.1920.261

amicoid

AIC_.1920.261

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

1999

aly

1999

AMICA Library Year

false

Object Type:

Sculpture

oty

Sculpture

Object Type

false

Creator Name:

Unknown

crn

Unknown

Creator Name

false

Creator Nationality:

African; North African; Egyptian

crc

African; North African; Egyptian

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Dates/Places:

Ancient Egypt Africa,North Africa,Egypt

cdt

Ancient Egypt Africa,North Africa,Egypt

Creator Dates/Places

false

Creator Name-CRT:

Egyptian

crt

Egyptian

Creator Name-CRT

false

Title:

Head of an Official

otn

Head of an Official

Title

false

Title Type:

preferred

ott

preferred

Title Type

false

View:

front view

rid

front view

View

false

Creation Date:

Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 13 (c. 1783 B.C.)

oct

Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 13 (c. 1783 B.C.)

Creation Date

false

Creation Start Date:

-1789

ocs

-1789

Creation Start Date

false

Creation End Date:

-1678

oce

-1678

Creation End Date

false

Materials and Techniques:

Black granite

omd

Black granite

Materials and Techniques

false

Subject Description:

The large size and fine quality of the head suggests that it was commissioned for a substantial government official to be used in his tomb. As a representative of the dead it would have symbolically partaken of the offerings brought to the tomb. The almost life-sized figure wears a conventional wig.

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The large size and fine quality of the head suggests that it was commissioned for a substantial government official to be used in his tomb. As a representative of the dead it would have symbolically partaken of the offerings brought to the tomb. The almost life-sized figure wears a conventional wig.

Subject Description

false

Creation Place:

Africa,North Africa,Egypt

ocp

Africa,North Africa,Egypt

Creation Place

false

Dimensions:

H: 33.8 cm (13-3/4 in.); W.: 46.3 cm (18-1/4 in.)

met

H: 33.8 cm (13-3/4 in.); W.: 46.3 cm (18-1/4 in.)

Dimensions

false

AMICA Contributor:

The Art Institute of Chicago

oon

The Art Institute of Chicago

AMICA Contributor

false

Owner Location:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

oop

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Owner Location

false

ID Number:

1920.261

ooa

1920.261

ID Number

false

Credit Line:

The Art Institute of Chicago, Museum Purchase Fund

ooc

The Art Institute of Chicago, Museum Purchase Fund

Credit Line

false

Rights:

http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html

orl

<a href="http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html"target="_new">http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html</a>

Rights

false

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