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Temple Relief Fragment of Ptolemy II Offering Incense

Walters Art Museum (Egyptian), acc. 22.176. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

Accession: 22.176
Dynasty: Ptolemaic Dynasty
Reign: Ptolemy II Philadelphos
Date: 285-246 BCE (Ptolemaic)
Date range: 285 BCE – 246 BCE
Materials: ['red granite']
Repository: Walters Art Museum
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Walters Art Museum (Egyptian), Temple Relief Fragment of Ptolemy II Offering Incense (22.176). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/220657

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<p>Wearing the shuty, or "double plumes" headdress, the king was once shown burning incense to a now-missing deity. Oval cartouches, elliptically shaped coils of rope used to mark royal names, record Ptolemy II's name in hieroglyphs, while his titles appear above them. At the top edge of the relief is a row of five-pointed stars, representing the sky.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/22.176' rel='external'>Temple Relief Fragment of Ptolemy II Offering Incense</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>

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Royals Ptolemy II

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Walters-AccNum 22.176 tier-2
Walters-id 24217 tier-2

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