Head of a Baboon

As the hieroglyphic writing around all four sides of its base tells us, this statuette was dedicated to the god Thoth and inscribed for a man named Paser. It may have stood in a te...

This jar has a lid in the shape of a baboon’s head. The hieroglyphic inscription, incised in four neat columns and painted black, refers to the god Hapy. Given that Hapy is both ba...

Carved in gray limestone in Thailand in the seventh or early eighth century, this stone sculpture depicts the head of a Buddha, probably the Buddha Sakyamuni, the Historical Buddha...

This stone statue, broken off below the neck, represents a man’s head. The eyes are almond-shaped and have thick lids. The eyebrows are also very thick, and meet on the bridge of t...

Parallel sided stele with oval top, mounted by head of Bes in the round. Bes's head has small, flat cap-like top, large projecting relief ears, and beard cut off horizontally just ...

This sculpture, originally part of a larger statue, represents the head of a bearded man wearing a diadem. His face is ringed by curly hair and prominent ears on either side. The e...