Limestone block with dedication

Unknown

late 3rd century BCE · Limestone, Egyptian · Greek and Roman Art

Dedication to Ptolemy IV Philopator (r. 221–204 B.C.) and his sister, Queen Arsinoe, by Teos, son of Horos, who was a guard at the site of Ammonieion, possibly the Temple of Ammon, near Thebes in Upper Egypt. The piece is not part of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriot antiquities.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 3rd century BCE

Medium

Limestone, Egyptian

Culture

Greek, Ptolemaic Egyptian

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76