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Statuette of Arsinoe II for her posthumous cult
Block statue of Iuitef, called Tjekred, son of Djehutyirdes and Taryu
Statue of a Ptolemaic Queen, perhaps Cleopatra VII
Head Attributed to Arsinoe II
Block Statue of Ankhwennefer
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This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 131
The priestess Tagerem was God's Wife of the god Re in Sakhebu in the southwestern Delta, a temple functionary of special order, intimate of the god. The statue embodies the perfected ideal of the female form attained in the early part of the Egyptian Ptolemaic period (approximately 300-250 B.C.): demure in its composure and yet alluring.
Dépras, Oriente et Occidente Galerie, Paris, in 1957. Private Collection, Paris. Purchased by the museum at auction, Sotheby's New York, December 10, 2009.
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