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Head of a woman wearing a Kekryphalos (hair net)

Head of a woman wearing a Kekryphalos (hair net)
© BA Antiquities Museum/M. Sobhy

where to find


Storeroom

Head of a woman wearing a Kekryphalos (hairnet)

Category:
Sculpture in the round, heads / masks
Date:
Graeco-Roman Period (332 BCE-395 CE)
Provenance:
Lower Egypt, Alexandria, El-Hadara, Antoniades tombs
Material(s):
Man made material, pottery (terracotta)
Height:
5 cm
where to find:
Storeroom



The information given here is subject to modification/update as a result of ongoing research.

References
  • Achille Adriani, Annuaire du Musée gréco-romain, 1935-1939 (Alexandria: Imprimerie de la société de publications égyptiennes, 1940): 19, no. 7, pl. IX, 4.
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