This head of a small limestone statue was uncovered in the tomb of Queen Meresankh III. The figure was wearing a cloak, and there were traces of black paint of the wig. The statue may have held specific religious significance to the tomb and possibly represented a scribe or servant to Meresankh in the afterlife.
Sculpture
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
05/03/1928
Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
We humbly ask for your help. We need your support to keep Mused running.
We're the largest independent hub of digital cultural heritage, and we survive on donations of about $30 USD. Less than 1% of people donate. If everyone reading this donated $5, our fundraiser would be done within a day!
We support training and providing technology to the communities that take of the monuments where we work to digitize their own cultures. For the price of a cup of coffee, you can continue preserving cultural heritage for future generations.
Thanks for reading, and we hope you'll consider donating. — Luke Hollis, Cofounder, Mused