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<em>Mule's Head</em>, 1st-2nd century C.E. Bronze, 2 5/16 × 2 3/8 × 3 1/4 in. (5.8 × 6 × 8.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1590E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1590E_view01.jpg)
Mule's Head, 1st-2nd century C.E. Bronze, 2 5/16 × 2 3/8 × 3 1/4 in. (5.8 × 6 × 8.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1590E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1590E_view01.jpg)
<em>Mule's Head</em>, 1st-2nd century C.E. Bronze, 2 5/16 × 2 3/8 × 3 1/4 in. (5.8 × 6 × 8.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1590E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1590E_view01.jpg)

Mule's Head, 1st-2nd century C.E. Bronze, 2 5/16 × 2 3/8 × 3 1/4 in. (5.8 × 6 × 8.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1590E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1590E_view01.jpg)

<em>Mule's Head</em>, 1st-2nd century C.E. Bronze, 2 5/16 × 2 3/8 × 3 1/4 in. (5.8 × 6 × 8.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1590E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.1590E_NegA_SL4.jpg)

Mule's Head, 1st-2nd century C.E. Bronze, 2 5/16 × 2 3/8 × 3 1/4 in. (5.8 × 6 × 8.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1590E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.1590E_NegA_SL4.jpg)

<em>Mule's Head</em>, 1st-2nd century C.E. Bronze, 2 5/16 × 2 3/8 × 3 1/4 in. (5.8 × 6 × 8.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1590E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1590E_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

Mule's Head, 1st-2nd century C.E. Bronze, 2 5/16 × 2 3/8 × 3 1/4 in. (5.8 × 6 × 8.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1590E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1590E_NegC_print_bw.jpg)

<em>Mule's Head</em>, 1st-2nd century C.E. Bronze, 2 5/16 × 2 3/8 × 3 1/4 in. (5.8 × 6 × 8.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1590E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1590E_view02.jpg)

Mule's Head, 1st-2nd century C.E. Bronze, 2 5/16 × 2 3/8 × 3 1/4 in. (5.8 × 6 × 8.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1590E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1590E_view02.jpg)

<em>Mule's Head</em>, 1st-2nd century C.E. Bronze, 2 5/16 × 2 3/8 × 3 1/4 in. (5.8 × 6 × 8.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1590E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1590E_view03.jpg)

Mule's Head, 1st-2nd century C.E. Bronze, 2 5/16 × 2 3/8 × 3 1/4 in. (5.8 × 6 × 8.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1590E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1590E_view03.jpg)

<em>Mule's Head</em>, 1st-2nd century C.E. Bronze, 2 5/16 × 2 3/8 × 3 1/4 in. (5.8 × 6 × 8.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1590E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1590E_view04.jpg)

Mule's Head, 1st-2nd century C.E. Bronze, 2 5/16 × 2 3/8 × 3 1/4 in. (5.8 × 6 × 8.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1590E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1590E_view04.jpg)

<em>Mule's Head</em>, 1st-2nd century C.E. Bronze, 2 5/16 × 2 3/8 × 3 1/4 in. (5.8 × 6 × 8.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1590E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1590E_view05.jpg)

Mule's Head, 1st-2nd century C.E. Bronze, 2 5/16 × 2 3/8 × 3 1/4 in. (5.8 × 6 × 8.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1590E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1590E_view05.jpg)

<em>Mule's Head</em>, 1st-2nd century C.E. Bronze, 2 5/16 × 2 3/8 × 3 1/4 in. (5.8 × 6 × 8.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1590E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1590E_view06.jpg)

Mule's Head, 1st-2nd century C.E. Bronze, 2 5/16 × 2 3/8 × 3 1/4 in. (5.8 × 6 × 8.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1590E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1590E_view06.jpg)

<em>Mule's Head</em>, 1st-2nd century C.E. Bronze, 2 5/16 × 2 3/8 × 3 1/4 in. (5.8 × 6 × 8.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1590E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1590E_view07.jpg)

Mule's Head, 1st-2nd century C.E. Bronze, 2 5/16 × 2 3/8 × 3 1/4 in. (5.8 × 6 × 8.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1590E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1590E_view07.jpg)

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Mule's Head

Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

MEDIUM Bronze
DATES 1st-2nd century C.E.
PERIOD Ptolemaic Period, or later
DIMENSIONS 2 5/16 × 2 3/8 × 3 1/4 in. (5.8 × 6 × 8.2 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
ACCESSION NUMBER 37.1590E
CREDIT LINE Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
CAPTION Mule's Head, 1st-2nd century C.E. Bronze, 2 5/16 × 2 3/8 × 3 1/4 in. (5.8 × 6 × 8.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1590E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1590E_view01.jpg)
IMAGE overall, CUR.37.1590E_view01.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2021
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<em>Mule's Head</em>, 1st-2nd century C.E. Bronze, 2 5/16 × 2 3/8 × 3 1/4 in. (5.8 × 6 × 8.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1590E. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.1590E_view01.jpg)

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Bronze
Egypt
Egyptian
Mule Head
Ptolemaic Period

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Bronze
Egypt
Egyptian
Mule Head
Ptolemaic Period

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