Figurine of a female head

This female head is part of a figurine which was probably a household religious item. Many items like this were discovered during Flinders Petrie’s excavations of a Roman town in Egypt.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
944/1904
Category
Antiquities
Collection Class
Foreign archaeology
Collection Area Region
North Africa
Collector Excavator
Egypt Exploration Fund Committee
Material
ceramic
Common Name
figurine of a female head
Simple Name
figurine
Period Classification
Roman Period - 30 BC-AD 384
Production Town
Production Person Initials
Production Person Surname
Production Year Low
Production Year High

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figurine of a female, head only