#ptolemaic

[egypt-museum]

Head of Cleopatra I or her daughter, Cleopatra II

Ptolemaic Period, ca. 181-164 BC. From Azarita, Alexandria. Now in the Graeco-Roman Museum, Alexandria. T0030

Photo: Sandro Vannini

[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

[chthonic-sorcery]

Hypatia, you deserved so much better

[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}

[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.

[memories-of-ancients]

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

from The Metropolitan Museum of Art

[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.

[blackblobyellowcone]

Meet Qenherkhepeshef, an egyptian stone-cutter. He is unsettled by the customs of DogHead Island but is certain his amulet of Horus, worn smooth from centuries of rubbing fingers, will protect him from danger.

Its been ages since my last Hestia update, but things are going really well and I'm ready to start sharing some more of my process as I finalize my outline and start designing the rest of my cast of characters. Today on the blog I have three pages of sketchbook concepts, a link to a recorded stream that features my copic marker process, and a preview of a new series I'm writing on the craft of storytelling---using John Truby's Anatomy of Story framework and John Boorman's Excalibur (1981).

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