Sealing naming Nesisti, a priest in the cult of Arsinoe II and her sister Philotera
Arsinoe II was divinized on her death, and a cult to her deceased sister Philotera was maintained alongside hers at least at Memphis for a certain period. This fragile unfired sealing from a papyrus names an official and priest of the two women.
Recently a specialist has read the name of the priest Nesisti on the seal along with the epithet Epiphanes applied to Ptolemy V and his wife Cleopatra I, revealing the seaing dates to the beginning of the second century B.C. The priest appears to be one Nesisti who was a member of the family that held the high priesthood of Ptah at Memphis during the Ptolemaic Dynasty.
Recently a specialist has read the name of the priest Nesisti on the seal along with the epithet Epiphanes applied to Ptolemy V and his wife Cleopatra I, revealing the seaing dates to the beginning of the second century B.C. The priest appears to be one Nesisti who was a member of the family that held the high priesthood of Ptah at Memphis during the Ptolemaic Dynasty.
Artwork Details
- Title: Sealing naming Nesisti, a priest in the cult of Arsinoe II and her sister Philotera
- Period: Ptolemaic Period
- Dynasty: Ptolemaic Dynasty
- Reign: reign of Ptolemy V
- Date: ca. 210–180 B.C.
- Geography: From Egypt
- Medium: Unfired clay
- Dimensions: Dia. 2 cm (13/16 in.)
- Credit Line: Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910
- Object Number: 10.130.1563
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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