Ptolemy II
Description
Object Label: The Ptolemies, a family of Greek-speaking kings who ruled Egypt after Alexander’s death, supported and encouraged Egyptian religion, including the practice of making animal mummies. Royal regulations ensuring the honest manufacture of animal mummies were written and enforced by these kings. Here, Ptolemy II is portrayed as an Egyptian king wearing the nemes-headcloth. Though they themselves were ethnic Greeks, the Ptolemies adopted Egyptian culture. Caption: Ptolemy II, 285–246 B.C.E.. Limestone, 17 15/16 × 14 × 8 1/4 in., 64 lb. (45.6 × 35.6 × 21 cm, 29.03kg). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.37E.
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A stone sculpted male head and upper torso wearing a royal crown with uraeus-like element, shown frontally.
The image shows a monumental limestone sculpture (head and partial upper body) carved in the round. The figure has a symmetrical, idealized face with heavy eyelids and a prominent nose, wearing a tall royal nemes-style headdress (striped with parallel bands) extending around the head. At the crown’s top is a small projecting element consistent with a uraeus/ornament. The background includes carved shoulder masses; on both sides of the torso are broad, horizontally ridged elements resembling stylized collars or garments. No legible hieroglyphic inscriptions or cartouches are visible on the provided view. The object appears worn but readable in facial features; the crown stripes and facial modeling remain clear.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 37.37E tier-2
- BKM-Object 3946 tier-2
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
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