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AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE TABLET FOR PTOLEMY III AND BERENIKE II
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, REIGN OF PTOLEMY III, 246-221 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE TABLET FOR PTOLEMY III AND BERENIKE II
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, REIGN OF PTOLEMY III, 246-221 B.C.
With hieroglyphic text on both sides, one side with two cartouches, reading, in the right column: "King of Upper and Lower Egypt (above the cartouche), Heir of the Brother and Sister Gods, Chosen of Re, Living Image of Amun (within the cartouche);" and in the left column: "Lord of the Two Lands, the Crowns (above the cartouche), Berenike (within the cartouche);" the other side with one cartouche, reading: "Beloved of Heryshef, the Great God(?) (above the cartouche), Son of Re, Ptolemy, May He Live Forever, Beloved of Ptah (within the cartouche)"
2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm.) long
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, REIGN OF PTOLEMY III, 246-221 B.C.
With hieroglyphic text on both sides, one side with two cartouches, reading, in the right column: "King of Upper and Lower Egypt (above the cartouche), Heir of the Brother and Sister Gods, Chosen of Re, Living Image of Amun (within the cartouche);" and in the left column: "Lord of the Two Lands,
2 3/16 in. (5.6 cm.) long
Provenance
Acquired by the current owner's family in the 1940s.
Brought out of Egypt in 1960s.
Brought out of Egypt in 1960s.
Brought to you by
G. Max Bernheimer
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