Colossal royal head
Description
Head of a colossal statue, surmounted by the traditional Egyptian hairdress nemes, bearing both Greek and Egyptian features. The face is that of a youthful subject and is naturalistic in appearance, thus suggesting a Greek rather Egyptian model. The inclusion of the hair is not Egyptian, but a feature that appears on many of the Ptolemaic Statues with Greek features. Right over the forehead is a worn Egyptian uraeus. There are two holes in the nemes which would have once supported a diadem.