#ptolemaic

[egypt-museum]

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

[artschoolglasses]

Gold hairnet, Ptolemaic, 225-175 BCE

From the Getty Villa Museum

[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

[memories-of-ancients]

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

[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.

[blondebrainpowered]

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

[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

[egypt-ancient-and-modern]

Ptolemaic plaque of a woman giving birth assisted by two figures of Hathor.

[chthonic-sorcery]

Hypatia, you deserved so much better

[vespertinus-storms]

Egyptian mosaic glass inlays, avian hieroglyphs. Ptolemaic Period - Roman Period, 100 BCE - 100 CE The Met / Christie's. Photos in a collage.

[egypt-museum]

Cow in field in front of the ruins of the temple at Kom Ombo.

[artschoolglasses]

Diadem, Ptolemaic, 225-175 BCE

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

From the Getty Villa Museum

[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.

[theancientwayoflife]

~ Ibis figurine.

Place of origin: Egypt, Alexandria (?)

Period: Hellenistic Period (Ptolemaic Dynasty)

Date: 305–30 B.C.

Medium: Gold sheet over core; blue enamel

[memories-of-ancients]

Bronze statuette intended to hold a mummified cat, Ptolemaic Egypt, 330-30 BC

from The Metropolitan Museum of Art