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The priest, the prince, and the Pasha : the life and afterlife of an ancient Egyptian sculpture

Title: The priest, the prince, and the Pasha : the life and afterlife of an ancient Egyptian sculpture / Lawrence M. Berman.
Author: Berman, Lawrence Michael, 1952-
Publication: Boston : Museum of Fine Arts 2015.

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Description

206 p. : ill. (some color); 22 cm

Summary

Sometime in the fourth century BC, an unknown Egyptian master carved an exquisite portrait in dark-green stone. The statue that included this remarkably lifelike head of a priest, probably a citizen of ancient Memphis, may have been damaged during violent clashes between Persian invaders and Alexander the Great before it was ritually buried in a temple complex dedicated to the sacred Apil bull. After almost two millennia, the head was excavated by August Mariette, a founding figure in French Egypte, under a permit from the Ottoman Pasha. Returned to France as part of a collection assembled for the Bonaparte prince known as Plon-Plon, it found a home in his faux Pompeain palace.

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

JQD 15-138

ISBN

9780878467969
0878467963

OCLC

898114045

Author

Berman, Lawrence Michael, 1952-

Title

The priest, the prince, and the Pasha : the life and afterlife of an ancient Egyptian sculpture / Lawrence M. Berman.

Imprint

Boston : Museum of Fine Arts 2015.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Research Call Number

JQD 15-138

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