Head of a Fourth Dynasty King in a White Crown

Head of a Fourth Dynasty King in a White Crown

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This small royal head wearing a white crown probably originates from a depiction of a Fourth Dynasty king either seated or standing. The date is indicated by the long inner canthi extending onto the bridge of the nose, the shape of the white crown, cheeks that are broad at the sides of the head, and the low, natural brow. It either originates from a royal pyramid temple or was a donation to a temple dedicated to one of the deities of the Egyptian pantheon.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.