Head of a King. Dimensions: H. 18.3 cm (7 3/16 in.); W. 13.3 cm (5 1/4 in.); D. 17 cm (6 11/16 in.). Dynasty: first part of Dynasty 13. Date: ca. 1802-1749 B.C..The recent change in the understanding of this magnificent head demonstrates how much we have learned about the Middle Kingdom in the last decades. In 1953, the former curator William C. Hayes described the piece as an image of King Amenemhat I (ca. 1981-1952 B.C.). He did put a question mark behind this king's name but declared that the "resemblance of this head to the extant portraits of Amenemhet (sic) I is very striking." Today, we confidently date the piece to the first half of Dynasty 13 (ca. 1800-1750 B.C.) even without the lower part that might have been inscribed with the name of the ruler -- identified as such by the nemes headcloth and uraeus cobra.Yes, this pharaoh, like early Middle Kingdom works, shows no facial folds and furrows that indicate the pharaoh's advanced age and the burden of his office (e.g., MMA