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Head from a Mummy
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ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Head from a Mummy

Place FoundEgypt, Africa
CultureEgyptian
Periodlate Ptolemaic Period - early Roman Period
Datemid 2nd Century BCE-mid 1st Century CE
MediumHuman remains, linen, gold
Credit LineCollected by William A. Shelton, funded by John A. Manget
Dimensions11 7/8 x 7 1/2 in. (30.2 x 19 cm)
Object number1921.028
Exhibition HistoryMonuments and Mummies: The Shelton Expedition, Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, February 8 - June 25, 1989
MCCM Permanent Collection Galleries, October 1998 - February 2000
Napoleon in Egypt, Museum of Arts and Sciences, Macon, Georgia, January 13 - March 26, 2006
Shadow of the Sphinx: Ancient Egypt and Its Influence, Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, New York, June 17 - November 25, 2012
GE Presents: The Mystery of the Albany Mummies, Albany Institute of History and Art, Albany, New York, September 21, 2013 - June 8, 2014
Hall of Ancient Egypt, The Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, Texas, August 2014 - February 3, 2025
Published ReferencesPeter Lacovara and Betsy Teasley Trope, The Realm of Osiris (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2001), 36.

ProvenanceCollected for Emory University Museum by William Shelton (1875-1959), ca. 1920.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art