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Effigy head

before 6th century B.C.
FindspotRayy, Iran
Medium/TechniqueGypsum or alabaster (?)
DimensionsHeight x width x length: 10.7 x 5.2 x 7.5 cm (4 3/16 x 2 1/16 x 2 15/16 in.)
Credit LineUniversity Museum—M. F. A. Persian Expedition
Accession number35.774
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
Provenance1934, excavated at Rayy (Cheshmeh Ali Tepe, in present-day Iran), by the University Museum-M.F.A. Persian Expedition; 1935, assigned to the MFA as part of the division of excavated objects. (Accession Date: June 6, 1935)