Statue of a Man
200–100 BC or later
Maker Unknown
Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
Statue of a Man, 200–100 BC or later. Egypt, Greco-Roman Period, Ptolemaic Dynasty. Black basalt; overall: 57.9 cm (22 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Lawrence A. Fleischman in honor of Arielle P. Kozloff 1991.26 This statue is made of black basalt, a hard volcanic rock formed from lava.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- black basalt
- Dimensions
- Overall: 57.9 cm (22 13/16 in.)
- Departments
- Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Accession Number
- 1991.26
- Credit Line
- Seventy-fifth anniversary gift of Lawrence A. Fleischman in honor of Arielle P. Kozloff
- Exhibitions
- Notable Acquisitions, CMA, 7 June-15 September 1991, Notable Acquisitions, cat.: CMA Bulletin 78, no. 3 (June 1991), pp. 64-65, illus. (essay by Lawrence M. Berman)
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 107 Egyptian
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