Headrest
Culture: Egyptian
Period: Old Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 3-8
Date: ca. 2686-2125 B.C.
Medium: Calcite (Egyptian alabaster)
Dimensions:
height: 7 7/8 in. (20 cm)
width: 7 5/8 in. (19.4 cm)
depth: 3 1/4 in. (8.3 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, purchased with the Grace Fortner Rider Endowment Fund
Object number: 2002.18.1
Provenance: with Keith Seele (1898-1971), Chicago by 1971; by inheritance to Diedericka Seele (1897-1992), Chicago, 1971; sold by Diedericka Seele to Charles C. Van Siclen III (1944-2023), San Antonio, about 1978-1979; sold by Charles C. Van Siclen, San Antonio, to San Antonio Museum of Art, 2002
Published References
C. C. Van Siclen, III, An Illustrated Checklist for Mummies, Myths and Magic (San Antonio: Van Siclen Books, 1990), p. 58, no. 1 (illus.).
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