Unidentified
Head of a Court Figure
circa 300 BC-400 AD
A life-size male head attached to a gradually flaring conical torso without noticeable shoulders but with small, short tubular arms as appendages. Wearing a close-fitting cap or short coiffure, inscribed with a simple, incised design, the head posses characteristic heavy, sagging eyelids over pierced holes for eyes, and framed by a pair of oval incised lines. Below the slightly agape mouth, bracketed by small, dangling mustache twists, hangs a long gently curving convex beard, striated and knotted at the tip. A series of engraved lines around the neck most likely suggest necklaces, or possibly either rolls of fat or scarification. These features suggest age or wisdom.
