Boston Green Head


The Boston Green Head is a greywacke sculptured head of an Egyptian priest from the Late Period of ancient Egypt. The head is dated to 380–332 BC and is housed in the Museum of [Fine Arts, Boston], United States.

Provenance

The head is believed to have been found in 1858 at the Serapeum of Saqqara. Later, Muhammed Said Pasha, a pro-French viceroy of Egypt, gave it to Prince Napoleon Joseph Charles Paul Bonaparte.
In 1904, the head was purchased by the Boston Museum of Fine Arts from Edward Perry Warren.