Bearded Head of Ptolemaic Dynast

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Illustration

Arienne King
by Getty Museum
published on 26 July 2018
Bearded Head of Ptolemaic Dynast Download Full Size Image

This roughly worked and approximately life-size marble portrait depicts a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty. The portrait was carved in Alexandria, Egypt, sometime during the 2nd Century BCE and is now part of the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum.

Digital image courtesy of the Getty's Open Content Program.

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Museum, G. (2018, July 26). Bearded Head of Ptolemaic Dynast. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9006/bearded-head-of-ptolemaic-dynast/

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Museum, Getty. "Bearded Head of Ptolemaic Dynast." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified July 26, 2018. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9006/bearded-head-of-ptolemaic-dynast/.

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Museum, Getty. "Bearded Head of Ptolemaic Dynast." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 26 Jul 2018. Web. 21 Dec 2024.

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