Head of a King, possibly Kephren

Head of a King, possibly Kephren
Head of a King, possibly Kephren

Head of a King, possibly Kephren

Dateca. 4th Dynasty, Reign of Kephren (2520-2494 BCE)
Mediumalabaster or calcite
Dimensionsobject: 8 5/8 × 8 × 6 3/4 in. (21.9 × 20.3 × 17.1 cm) 3/1/2019
ClassificationSCULPTURE
Credit LineSBMA, Gift of Wright S. Ludington
Object number1978.4.25
Subject(s)
  • portraits
  • men
  • heads and faces
Collection
  • Antiquity
Sub-Collection(s)
  • Egyptian
On View
Not on view
Courtesy of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles.
Roman
first half of 2nd century CE
Apollo Kitharista
Roman
late 1st century BCE or early 1st century CE
Kneeling figure
Chalco
ca. 14th-early 16th century, Late Postclassic or modern forgery
Athena
Roman
1st century CE
Archaic male head
Cypriot
550-500 BCE
Ibis
Egyptian
Late Period (712-332 BCE)
Head of Aphrodite
Roman
2nd century CE
Dioscurus (Castor or Pollux)
Roman
1st-2nd century CE
Nymph and satyr
Roman
1st or 2nd century CE
Head of Gudea, ruler of Lagash
Neo-Sumerian
ca. 2120 BCE
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