| Object Number |
E16199 |
| Current Location |
Collections Storage |
| Provenience |
Egypt | Tanis |
| Period |
Third Intermediate Period | Twenty-Second Dynasty |
| Date Made |
874-835 BCE |
| Section |
Egyptian |
| Materials |
Diorite | Porphyry |
| Technique |
Inlaid (uncertain) |
| Iconography |
Osorkon II |
| Description |
Head from a statue of Osorkon II. The king wears a nemes headdress whose uraeus is now lost. The eyes may have originally been inlayed. The body of this statue is housed in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. |
| Height |
44.5 cm |
| Width |
25.4 cm |
| Depth |
28 cm |
| Credit Line |
Purchased from D. G. Kelekian, 1926 |
| Other Number |
0324 - Cast Number |
Current & Past Exhibitions
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