Notes on the royal Ptolemaic head G 693 in the Egyptian museum, Cairo

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Notes on the Royal Ptolemaic Head
CG 693 in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo
Dr.

Mervat Maher Amin
Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management.

October 6 University
Mervatmaher79@gmail.

com

The subject of this paper deals with the Royal Ptolemaic Head CG 693(Figs.1, 2) which is exhibited, in Room No.34, in the Egyptian museum, Cairo.

The Head CG 693, is made out of limestone, height 24 cm.

The face has very prominent eyes, with heavy lids.

The mouth is small and the lips are full but not fleshy.

The nemes headdress is decorated with a single uraeus and ram's horns.

The headdress incorporating ram's horns, is of particular interest, because its the only royal head with ram's horns exhibited in the Egyptian museum Cairo.

The rest of back pillar indicates that it originally inserted in a standing statue.

The museum data does not include an accurate description of the royal head CG693.

This paper describes and dates the head of the royal statue CG693.

CG 693