Head of a PriestFragment of a meta-basalt statue of an Egyptian priest. The shaved head indicat
Head of a PriestFragment of a meta-basalt statue of an Egyptian priest. The shaved head indicates that the subject is a priest. Priests were required to shave all of their body hair before administering to the gods. This type of ‘portrait’ is now called an egg head because of the prominent shape of the skull.30th Dynasty to Ptolemaic Period, ca. 332-30 BC. Now in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. E.3.1946 -- source link
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