BZ.1937.13, Head of a Nomarch or Priest
Byzantine Collection, Dumbarton Oaks Museum
Egyptian Ptolemaic, late second–early first century BCE
Limestone, 31.5 cm x 17.5 cm x 19.5 cm (12 3/8 in. x 6 7/8 in. x 7 11/16 in.)
Mildred Barnes Bliss and Robert Woods Bliss acquired this sculpture as a Byzantine artwork from the Boston and New York dealer Paul Mallon in April 1937.