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Descrizione : [ Antiquities ] A Limestone Relief Fragment Early Ptolemaic Period Circa 304-200 B.C. finely carved in sunk relief with the bust of a king facing left probably Ptolemy I or 11 wearing a broad collar with five rows of beads and the Blue Crown with lining indicated around the forehead streamers and uraeus his face with strong chin smiling mouth with upward-turned corner and almond shaped eye his left arm extended in a gesture of offering or adoration a sa-sign behind him another fragmentary sign visible in the lower right corner; traces of red and black pigment. 36.5 by 30.5cm 6 Provenance Mathlas Komor New York [Q 6881 For closely related reliefs showing Ptolemy 11 worshipping goddesses also with the sa-sign behind his head cf. Bieber Sculpture of the Hellenistic Age fig. 370 and Cleopatra's Egypt no. 10 fig. 17 The sa hieroglyphic sign which recalls the Egyptian herdsman's rolled up papyrus shelter means protection" and functioned as a powerful amulet. It is the characteristic attribute of the deities Bes and Thoeris. E20 000-30 000
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