Head of a vulture
305–30 B.C.
Object Placesaid to be from Medinet Gurob, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueGold
DimensionsHeight x width x depth: 2.5 x .8 x 2.0 cm (1 x 5/16 x 13/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Horace L. Mayer
Accession number1971.748
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceMay 1945, said to have been found about 12 miles southeast of Medinet Gurob, Egypt, by Robert Gordon Faudree [see note 1]; 1959, sold by Faudree to Horace L. Mayer (b. 1899 - d. 1968), Williamstown, MA [see note 2]; to his widow, Florence Ellen Mayer, Williamstown; 1971, year-end gift of Mrs. Mayer to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 12, 1972)
NOTES:
[1] According to a letter from Faudree of July 6, 1959. [2] First lent by Horace L. Mayer to the MFA on October 30, 1959 (loan no. 50.59).
NOTES:
[1] According to a letter from Faudree of July 6, 1959. [2] First lent by Horace L. Mayer to the MFA on October 30, 1959 (loan no. 50.59).
305–30 B.C.
664–332 B.C.
305–30 B.C.
690–664 B.C.
525–404 B.C., or later
3500–2700 B.C.
2500–2300 B.C.
9th century B.C. or early 20th century A.D.
263 B.C.–A.D. 248
A.D. 30–364