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Testa di Arsinoe II

Ptolemaic Period
278–270 B.C.
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 134
Questa testa proveniente da una statua di dimensioni pari alla metà rispetto a quelle naturali è stata identificata come un’immagine di Arsinoe II, sorella e moglie del re Tolomeo II (284-246 a.C.), in base alla forte somiglianza tra quest’opera e una statua con iscrizioni conservata in Vaticano. Potrebbe comunque risalire a un’epoca successiva al periodo di otto anni in cui Arsinoe fu regina d’Egitto, in quanto la posizione e la probabile forma della corona un tempo applicata alla sporgenza di pietra in cima al capo identificano la statua come immagine divinizzata e pertanto defunta di Arsinoe con le sembianze della dea Iside-Hathor. Lo stile prettamente egiziano testimonia gli sforzi dei Tolomei dell’età grecomacedone di presentarsi come i veri eredi dei faraoni.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titolo: Testa di Arsinoe II
  • Periodo: Epoca tolemaica
  • Data: 278-270 a.C.
  • Area geografica: Abu Rawash, Wadi Qaren
  • Materiale e tecnica: Calcare (duro)
  • Dimensioni: 11,8 x 8,7 x 8,4 cm
  • Crediti: Dono di Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, 1938
  • Numero d'inventario: 38.1
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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