#ptolemaic

[memories-of-ancients]

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

[egypt-museum]

Melted stairs in the Temple of Hathor at Dendera

[artschoolglasses]

Gold hairnet, Ptolemaic, 225-175 BCE

From the Getty Villa Museum

[bronzeageecho]

oinochoe depicting Berenikē II Euergetis | c. 243 - 222 BCE | egypt, ptolemaic kingdom

Inscribed on the altar, "theôn euergetôn" - "of the benefactor gods". Inscribed above the altar (on the shoulder of the vase), " Berenikês Basilissês agathês tuchês" - "for the good fortune of queen Berenike"

in the j. paul getty museum collection

[artifacts-archive]

Inlay Depicting "Horus of Gold"

Egypt, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 4th century B.C

[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

[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}

[chthonic-sorcery]

Hypatia, you deserved so much better

[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.

[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

[blondebrainpowered]

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

[egypt-museum]

Relief of Banebdjedet of Mendes in the Temple of Khnum at Esna.

[artschoolglasses]

Diadem, Ptolemaic, 225-175 BCE

Gold, glass paste, bone or pearl, garnet, cornelian, and moonstone

From the Getty Villa Museum

[bronzeageecho]

sculptor's model or votive offering | c. 2nd or 1st century BCE | egypt, ptolemaic dynasty

in the museum folkwang collection

[artifacts-archive]

Ring Inscribed with Hieroglyphs

Egyptian, Probably Ptolemaic Period (332–30 BCE)

Upon death, people who were thought to have lived moral lives were reborn in the afterlife as a form of the god Osiris. This ring is inscribed with the title “Osiris,” followed by the owner’s names and titles, attesting to his faith that he would become one with the god after death.