| Boston Green Head | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Material | Greywacke |
| Created | 380 – 332 BC |
| Discovered | 1858 |
| Present location | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
| Identification | 04.1749 |
The Boston Green Head is a greywacke sculptured head of an Egyptian priest from the Late Period of ancient Egypt. The head is dated to 380–332 BC and is housed in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, United States.
Provenance
The head is believed to have been found in 1858 at the Serapeum of Saqqara. Later, Muhammed Said Pasha, a pro-French viceroy of Egypt, gave it to Prince Napoleon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte.
In 1904, the head was purchased by the Boston Museum of Fine Arts from Edward Perry Warren.
See also
References
- ^ "Head of a priest (The Boston Green Head)". Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
Further reading
- Berman, Lawrence M. (2015). The Priest, the Prince, and the Pasha: The Life and Afterlife of an Ancient Egyptian Sculpture. MFA Publications. ISBN 978-0878467969.
- Rowland, Ingrid D. (September 24, 2015). "The Immortal Egyptian Priest". The New York Review of Books. LXII (14): 18, 20.
- von Bothmer, Bernard (1960). Riefstahl, Elizabeth (ed.). Egyptian Sculpture of the Late Period, 700 B.C. to A.D. 100. Brooklyn, New York: The brooklyn Museum (reprinted by Arno Press, INC., 1969). pp. 138–140, pls. 100–101.