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Description : PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD-1ST CENTURY B.C. Each end of the rectangular panel with four projecting dove-tails, the upper edge with two rectangular mortices, and the lower edge with three circular mortices, one preserving a dowel, the front panel centered with a finely-painted hieroglyphic inscription in black in two columns reading Beloved of the King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Ptolemy, may he live forever, beloved of Ptah and beloved of Sokar-Osiris, the great god and of the brother sister gods (Theoi Adelphoi), epithets used by Ptolemy III, V, VI, VIII, and IX 6 1/4 in. (15.8 cm.) wide

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