#Ptolemaic art

[lionofchaeronea]

Ancient Egyptian faience inlay depicting a falcon with spread wings. Artist unknown; 4th cent. BCE (Late Period or early Ptolemaic). Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

[bronzeageecho]

egyptian relief of lion | c. 380 - 200 BCE | egypt, early ptolemaic period

in the colleción amalita

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Vignette from funerary papyrus (Book of the Dead) from papyrus N 3149.

Period: Ptolemaic Period

Medium: Papyrus

[blueiscoool]

Head of a cat Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, c. 664–30 B.C. The Met.

[memories-of-ancients]

Gold diadem with herakles knot, crafted in Alexandria, Egypt, 220-100 BC

[kaitropoli]

Cleopatra

By Gustave Moreau

Watercolor Painting, c. 1887

Private Collection.

I love her nose in this painting. She's everything I want to be. She's also definitely a capricorn 👅

[kemetnefret]

| Inlay of the god Thoth striding with the feather of Ma'at | 🪶 {Late Period-Ptolemaic period, Hermopolis, on display at the Met Museum}

[thatshowthingstarted]

Head of a lion, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 400–300 B.C.

Gypsum plaster,

H. 42.5 x W. 40 cm (16 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Antony and Cleopatra - art by J. C. Leyendecker (1910)

[uncleclaudius]

Sardonyx cameo of Cleopatra VII depicted as Isis and Mark Antony as Osiris.

The image and description comes from the book called Engraved Gems which can be read for free here.

[lionofchaeronea]

Ancient Egyptian depiction (gold with stone inlay) of the ba. One of the components of the multipartite soul in Egyptian thought, the ba, normally depicted as a human-headed bird, represented an individual's distinct personality. Artist unknown; early 3rd century BCE (=beginning of the Ptolemaic period). Now in the Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. Photo credit: Walters Art Museum.

[bronzeageecho]

miniature portrait head, perhaps Berenike II, carved out of garnet | c. 375-325 BCE | egypt, ptolemaic

in the michael c. carlos museum collection

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Statue of a Crocodile with the Head of a Falcon.

Culture: Egyptian

Date: ca. 380-250 B.C.

Period: Late Period-early Ptolemaic Period; 30th Dynasty

Medium: Steatite

[blueiscoool]

An Egyptian Gilt Cartonnage Mummy Mask Ptolemaic Period, 304-30 B.C.

[blondebrainpowered]

Ptolemaic Bronze Head of an Ethiopian. 4th-1st century BCE.

[submarinechamomile]