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Head of a figurine

620–590 B.C.
FindspotNaukratis, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueTerracotta, mold-made
DimensionsHeight x width: 6.4 x 5.6 cm (2 1/2 x 2 3/16 in.)
Credit LineEgypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession number88.923
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceFrom Naukratis, Temple of Aphrodite. 1887: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the EEF by the Egyptian government; December 22, 1887, presented to the MFA by the EEF.
(Accession Date: January 1, 1888)
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