Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art
On View: 19th Dynasty to Roman Period, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Gallery, 3rd Floor
The diadem surmounted by a uraeus, or hooded cobra, marks this sculpture as a royal representation. The absence of one of the more familiar royal headresses or crowns, as well as the youthful features of the face, suggests that the man is a prince, a younger member of the royal family.
Inlaid eyes are fairly common in sculpture of the late Ptolemaic Period.
The naturalistic fringe of curls on the forehead is an Egyptian rendering of a characteristically Hellenistic feature. The fact that the back pillar is uninscribed may mean that the sculpture was never finished.
Late Ptolemaic Period
12 1/2 x 5 5/16 x 3 3/8 in. (31.8 x 13.5 x 8.5 cm) (show scale)
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
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Ptolemaic Prince, 51-30 B.C.E. Quartzite, 12 1/2 x 5 5/16 x 3 3/8 in. (31.8 x 13.5 x 8.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 54.117. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 54.117_front_PS2.jpg)
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Statue of a late Egyptian kinglet, standing, arms by sides with hands clenched holding cylinders; traditional kilt with plain belt. Hair represented in naturalistic Roman style and encircled by narrow diadem, with uraeus; eyes originally inlaid. Uninscribed rear pillar.
May represent one of the sons of Cleopatra.
Condition: Sculpture broken across thighs with lower section lost. Minor chips. Eyes lost. Nose Broken.
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