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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 402161, member: 2844&quot;]Welcome Lynn.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is a beautiful head, with real presence.</p><p>It looks genuinely old, but I have no idea if it is, and if so, which period it would be. Ancient? Later? It doesn&#039;t look Ptolemaic to me.</p><p>I haven&#039;t seen this hairstyle or wig on ancient Egyptian figures before. But then, every self-respecting person of means in ancient Egypt had several wigs with different hairstyles.</p><p>I have no reason to think this would be a scribe, they were usually depicted with short curly hair (no braiding), long-haired wigs, or bald.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think it is best to take it to a museum. It is one of those things that you have to have to hold to assess properly.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think you mean gypsum and calcite. I agree, could be either.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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