בידספיריט | A LIMESTONE HEAD OF AN

A LIMESTONE HEAD OF AN AMMONITE KING OR GOD WEARING THE EGYPTIAN ATEF CROWN. - Middle 8th century BCE. The face is damaged but in fair condition. 30 cm high. Very rare in private collections. For similar heads see: Rudolf H. Dornemann, The Archaeology of Transjordan in the Bronze and Iron Ages, 1983, p. 284, and Piotr Bienkowski, The Art of Jordan, 1991, pp. 41-42 (in the Amman Archaeological Museum). Ex Shlomo Moussaieff collection, Herzliya Pituah.