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An Egyptian statue of a praying man - made of greywacke and dated to around 650-500 B.C. (which is quite old, of course, but when it comes to classic Egypt, that is rather late, some 500 years AFTER the end of the New Kingdom. And as my dear father-in-law, who used to teach classical history at university, always pointed out to his students: a year back then was just as long as a year is now. And yes, long before I even knew his son, he was one of my university professors).

From an unknown find-spot - now on display at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen.

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This portrait is displayed at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek and depicts Agrippina the Younger (wife of emperor Claudius and mother of Nero - emperor Claudius was also her uncle and she was his fourth wife, but it was an alliance that was questioned already back in the day, much due to their close kinship; and Roman historians tell that it was her own son, Nero, that had her murdered in a power-struggle). The head, made of graywacke, dates to the reign of Nero 54-68 A.D. and may very well be posthumous, she died in 59 A.D.

On the state of preservation, the head was clearly apart of something bigger (can't say if it was a bust or a larger statue), and I would assume the damage to her hair is because something was attached there, perhaps some sort of metal diadem which has been taken off, or destroyed, later.