Friday, January 02, 2009

Daily Photo - Limestone head (Petrie Museum)


Limestone head of man, flat back, broken off at chin level.
Thought by Petrie to be head of King Narmer

Period - Dynasty 1 (2890BCE-3100BCE) till Dynasty 3 (2613BCE-2686BCE)
Material - limestone
Measurements - height 12.3 cms 10.0 cms width 13.4 cms

Copyright: Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
University College London
With my thanks

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

flinders petrie thouht this was king narmer what if he was wrong