Boston Green Head Explained

Boston Green Head
Material:	Greywacke
Created:	380332 BC
Location:	Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Id:	04.1749
Discovered Date:	1858

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^[1] 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.^[1] Later, Muhammed Said Pasha, a pro-French viceroy of Egypt, gave it to Prince Napoleon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte.^[1]

In 1904, the head was purchased by the Boston Museum of Fine Arts from Edward Perry Warren.^[1]

See also

• Berlin Green Head

Further reading

• Book: Berman, Lawrence M.. The Priest, the Prince, and the Pasha: The Life and Afterlife of an Ancient Egyptian Sculpture. MFA Publications. 2015. 978-0878467969.
• The New York Review of Books. The Immortal Egyptian Priest. Rowland. Ingrid D.. Ingrid D. Rowland. 18, 20. LXII. 14. September 24, 2015.
• Book: von Bothmer, Bernard. Egyptian Sculpture of the Late Period, 700 B.C. to A.D. 100. Elizabeth. Riefstahl. Elizabeth Titzel Riefstahl. 1960. The brooklyn Museum (reprinted by Arno Press, INC., 1969). Brooklyn, New York. 138–140; pls. 100–101.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Head of a priest (The Boston Green Head). Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. 1 May 2014.