Copper alloy sidelock of youth
- Accession Number
- EC576
- Current Location
- House of Life (first floor), Metalwork case
- Object Type
- Sculpture, Statue
- Material
- Metals/alloys (Copper alloy)
- Number of Elements
- 1
- Measurements
- Height: 60mm | Width: 30mm | 12mm
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Licensing details
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- Description
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Copper alloy decorated sidelock of youth. 60mm long. This is from a statue, presumable of Horus the Child. Children wore there hair in a plait at the side of their heads. This probably dates to the Graeco-Roman Period.
- Wellcome Number
- A105378
- Previous Owners
- The Egyptian Museum, Cairo | Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome (1853–1936)
- Acquisition
- Long-term loan, The Wellcome Trust (15 Feb 1971)
