Head of Beset

Classification

statuette

Culture

Graeco-Egyptian (culture)

Dimensions

height: 8.8 cm

Date

Roman Imperial Period

Period

Roman Imperial Period (Egypt, 30 B.C. – 395 A.D.)

Material

clay

Iconography

Beset ; wig ; floral wreath ; earrings

Production place

Egypt

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Arndt, Paul (1865–1937)

Inventory

T.359

ID

Hyp-1025

References

Török 1995, 40–41, no. 27; Oroszlán 1930, 70, D 62