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Head of Ptolemy II or III Ptolemaic Period

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Description

Head, Ptolemy II or III. Ptolemaic Period, reign of Ptolemy III Euergetes I, 246–222 B.C. Black bronze. H. 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in.); W. 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.); D. 4.6 cm (1 13/16 in.). From: Egypt. Subject: Kings, Heads, Men. Credit: Purchase, Fletcher Fund and The Guide Foundation Inc. Gift, 1966.

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.

Connections

Royals Ptolemy II
Materials BronzeGreen Patina

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q29385918 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 66.99.134 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 547773 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
  • AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
  • Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
  • Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.