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Block with cartouche of Alexander the Great or his son Alexander IV of Macedon Ptolemaic Period

Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), acc. 66.99.133. Public domain (CC0). Copy archived by egyptianinscriptions.org with attribution; original at the holding institution.

Accession: 66.99.133
Period: Ptolemaic Period
Dynasty: Macedonian Dynasty
Date: 332–305 B.C.
Date range: 332 BCE – 305 BCE
Materials: ['limestone']
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access), Block with cartouche of Alexander the Great or his son Alexander IV of Macedon (66.99.133). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/50973

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Block, cartouche of Alexander or his son. Ptolemaic Period, Macedonian Dynasty, 332–305 B.C. Limestone. H. 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in.); W. 10.6 cm (4 3/16 in.); D. 4.6 cm (1 13/16 in.). From: Egypt. Subject: Cartouches, Hieroglyphs. Credit: Purchase, Fletcher Fund and The Guide Foundation Inc. Gift, 1966.

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