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Portraiture | Hellenistic Egypt
21. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Ptolemy II.
Sardonyx. Alexandria. 3rd century BCE.
2.6 × 1.9 cm.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
22. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Queen — protectress of Alexandria.
Sardonyx. Alexandria. 3rd—2nd centuries BCE.
2.8 × 1.9 cm.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
23. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Cleopatra VII.
Sardonyx. Alexandria. 1st century BCE.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
24. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Ptolemy II and Arsinoe (the “Gonzaga Cameo”).
Sardonyx.
3rd century BCE.
Inv. Nos. ГР-12678 / Ж. 291.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
25. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Ptolemy II and Arsinoe II.
Sardonyx.
Alexandria. 3rd century BCE.
Inv. No. ГР-12678.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
26. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Gonzaga Cameo (Ptolemy II and Arsinoe II).
Sardonyx, silver.
Alexandria. 3rd century BCE.
Inv. Nos. ГР-12678 / Ж. 291.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
27. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Gonzaga Cameo: Ptolemy II Philadelphus and Arsinoe II.
Sardonyx in a new silver mount.
Alexandria. 3rd century BCE.
Inv. Nos. ГР-12678 / Ж. 291.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
28. SCULPTURE. Egypt.
Statue of Cleopatra VII.
Basalt.
51—30 BCE.
Inv. No. ДВ-3936.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
29. SCULPTURE. Egypt.
Statue of Cleopatra VII.
Basalt.
51—30 BCE.
Inv. No. ДВ-3936.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
30. SCULPTURE. Egypt.
Statue of Cleopatra VII.
Basalt.
51—30 BCE.
Inv. No. ДВ-3936.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
31. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Cleopatra VII (?).
Sardonyx. Late 1st century BCE.
Inv. No. Ж 152.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
32. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Queen of the Ptolemies — protectress of Alexandria.
Sardonyx. 3rd—2nd centuries BCE.
Inv. No. Ж 155.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
33. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Ptolemy III (?).
Sardonyx. 3rd century BCE.
2.6 × 1.9 cm.
Inv. No. Ж 306.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
34. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Berenike II (?) as Isis.
Sardonyx. 3rd century BCE.
Inv. No. Ж 310.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
35. GLYPTICS. Egypt.
Cleopatra I.
Sardonyx.
Alexandria. 2nd century BCE.
Inv. No. К-35.
Saint Petersburg, State Hermitage Museum.
36. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Ptolemy III Euergetes or Ptolemy V Epiphanes.
Marble. 3rd cent. BCE. Greece.
Inv. No. 5366.
Sparta, Archaeological Museum.
37. SCULPTURE. Greece.
Ptolemy III Euergetes or Ptolemy V Epiphanes.
Marble. 3rd cent. BCE. Greece.
Inv. No. 5366.
Sparta, Archaeological Museum.
38. SCULPTURE. Northern Africa.
Ptolemy III Euergetes
Marble. 2nd half of the 3rd century BCE.
Presumably made on Cyprus.
Inv. No. 120.
Venice, National Archaeological Museum.
39. SCULPTURE. Northern Africa.
Ptolemy III Euergetes
Marble. 2nd half of the 3rd century BCE.
Presumably made on Cyprus.
Inv. No. 120.
Venice, National Archaeological Museum.