Ptolemaic King (perhaps Ptolemy VI) Ptolemaic PeriodEgypt
Description
Object Label: Second-century B.C.E. Ptolemaic kings like this one guaranteed honesty in manufacturing and accounting for animal mummies. For example, royal regulations ensured that each linen packet contained only one body rather than combining multiple commissions in a single set of wrappings, or not including any animal at all. They also insisted on standard accounting practices, so that corrupt priests could not cheat the worshippers or the institutions that prepared and buried the mummies. Caption: Ptolemaic King (perhaps Ptolemy VI), 150–100 B.C.E.. Limestone, pigment, 12 1/2 x 10 13/16 x 9 5/8 in. (31.8 x 27.4 x 24.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Christos G. Bastis in honor of Richard Fazzini, 1995.28. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (Gavin Ashworth, photographer))
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 1995.28 tier-2
- BKM-Object 154113 tier-2
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