Female head wearing a curly wig. Hieroglyphic inscription on - Lot 172

Lot n° 172
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Female head wearing a curly wig. Hieroglyphic inscription on - Lot 172
Female head wearing a curly wig. Hieroglyphic inscription on the rear pillar showing a female worshiper offering a cistre to the Ibis-headed god, Thoth. Schist. The nose and lower right of the face are missing. The old plugs (pre-1987) on this head have been removed. Height: 12.6 cm. Egypt. Early Ptolemaic period. Circa 4th century B.C. Delavenne et Lafarge. Hôtel Drouot November 16, 1987. Lot n° 100. 1980s collection of Mr. and Mrs. Chauvin, Paris.
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