#ptolemaic egypt

[uncleclaudius]

Floor fresco of a dog and an overturned vessel. Alexandria, 2nd century BCE.

EDIT: It's a mosaic.

[dwellerinthelibrary]

A stela of Bes, looking fabulous as usual. He faces out of the stela, brandishing a sword in his right hand and two serpents in his left. He's naked except for a belt. Above him is the winged sun.

When: Late Period - Ptolemaic Egypt

Where: Museo Barracco, Rome

[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.

[jeannepompadour]

Stela of Kelutj nicknamed Neskhonsu, sistrum player of Amun-Re, 332 BC-30 AD, Ptolemaic dynasty Egypt

[atomic-chronoscaph]

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

[homerstroystory]

Vase in the shape of a duck, Ptolemaic Egypt (c. 3rd-2nd century BCE; crafted in Alexandria), faience wit a polychrome glaze

Currently in the collection of the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland. accession no. 48.421

[ancientegyptdaily]

ANCIENT EGYPT BY TRAIN (2023) — 1.01 Alexandria

[romegreeceart]

Isis-Aphrodite

* 2nd century BCE - 1st century CE

* terracotta

* Turin Egyptian museum

Turin, June 2023

[theantonian]

Facial reconstruction of the Ptolemaic Egyptian Queen Cleopatra VII (r. 51-30 BCE). This artistic representation of Cleopatra is primarily based on a bust from the Berlin Altes Museum, widely agreed to depict Cleopatra. In addition to the Berlin portrait, the features in this reconstruction are based upon contemporary coin portraits and a bust from the British Museum which may depict Cleopatra.

[davidluongart]

A current illustration that I had for an early celebration of Halloween: Ares dressed up as the famed Roman general, Marcus Antonius, while Aphrodite dressed up as Queen Cleopatra VII Thea Philopathor of Egypt…🎃🍬🍭

I was interested and inspired by the idea that mortals who often dressed as divinities back in ancient times to achieve power, wealth, opulence, and influence, while in this modern-day, divinities often participated in down-to-earth activities, have fun disguising and dressing up as historical mortals for holiday celebrations!!!

Aphrodite’s version of the Egyptian queen was mostly based on the depiction of historically accurate Cleopatra VII made by Joan Francesco Oliveras (@/jfoliveras on Twitter, and Instagram ), as well as statues and statuettes of Isis-Aphrodite that were carved from the Ptolemaic era till the late Roman period of Egypt, albeit taken with modern creative liberties. Isis, during this time, was a very weird figure to say the least, since while still keeping her Egyptian identity and attributes, she was further fused, syncretized, and absorbed the qualities of foreign Greek goddesses like Aphrodite, Demeter, Persephone, Tyche, etc.

With Aphrodite is the fertility goddess of war, love, lust, beauty, passion, and procreation, and later is associated with prosperity, victory, and the ancestral mother of Rome through syncretism with Venus Genetrix; while Isis is the goddess of magic, life, and wisdom, an epitome of eternal maternal devotion, protectress of all living things, from pharaohs to the vulnerable and all aspects of the kingdom, the iconography was adopted by many Ptolemaic queens, particularly Arisnoe II Philadelphos, Berenice II Euergetis and Cleopatra VII.

Ares’ version of Marcus Antonius was based on the historical statue of the Roman politician himself, with his embellishing muscle cuirass based on the Roman Republican statues of Julius Caesar, Augustus (Octavian) of Prima Porta, and Mars Ultor in the Forum of Nevra. With various mistresses (including famous courtesan Cythersis of that time) and marriages to Fadia, Antonia, Fulvia, Octavia the Younger, and Cleopatra VII, their descendants later went to become famous Roman statesmen, or went on to rule the Roman Empire, as well as various clientele kingdoms of modern-day Cimmerian Bosporus, Middle East, North Africa as well. Historically, Marcus Antonius, during his trip to Egypt to visit Cleopatra VII, has always considered himself to be an embodiment of Zeus-Serapis-Dionysus, consort of Isis Aphrodite, but I just think the icon of armed muscular Ares/Mars always suited him more, and look the best.

[tiny-librarian]

The birth of Caesarion was the pivotal moment of Cleopatra VII's life, for the boy gave the queen her purpose for living: her sole ambition was to love him, guard him and see him established as king. If we want to do justice to Cleopatra VII as a ruler, then we must acknowledge the fact that from the moment of his birth until the hour of her suicide, Caesarion was Cleopatra's greatest love; he alone gave her purpose. Cleopatra did not anticipate that the Ptolemaic Dynasty would end with her, of course, and she looked forward to a future when her son would be the next Golden Horus, sitting on Egypt's throne and ruling over an empire even bigger than that of Alexander the Great.

The Cleopatras: The Forgotten Queens of Egypt - Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

[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.

[dwellerinthelibrary]

The falcon-headed crocodile at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore. Late Period / early Ptolemaic.

[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.

[ancientstuff]

https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/515253.aspx

Incredible find. I love those sunken (or perhaps just buried?) sarcophagi.

[yiddishlore]

Chonky crocodiles in the margins of the Book of the Dead of the Priest of Horus, Imhotep (Imuthes), on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I just love these heckin’ huge fellas and how much effort the artist clearly put into them.