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Collections

Heads of Prisonerslate 12th Dynasty, 1878-1783 B.C.

Not on view
Ancient Egyptian stone sculpture with two side-by-side faces carved in dark gray granite, each wearing a striated tripartite wig, weathered surface with white mineral deposits
Ancient Egyptian dark stone sculpture fragment depicting two forward-facing heads side by side, each wearing a striped nemes headdress with carved parallel lines, mounted on a cream-colored rectangular pedestal.
Title
Heads of Prisoners
Place Made
Egypt
Date Made
late 12th Dynasty, 1878-1783 B.C.
Medium
Basalt
Dimensions
5 × 11 × 7 in. (12.7 × 27.94 × 17.78 cm)
Credit Line
William Randolph Hearst Collection
Accession Number
50.18.1
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
Egyptian Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Hopkins, Henry T., ed. Illustrated Handbook of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. West Germany: Bruder Hartmann, 1965.