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 view

ClassificationsSculpture

Collections

Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East

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).