Lot Essay
Cf. Late Egyptian and Coptic Art: an Introduction to the Collections of the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Museum, 1974, p. 17, pl. 12
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A GRAECO-EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE STELE FOR TERTIUS, of rectangular form with curved top, the draped child depicted standing with arms raised in an attitude of prayer, flanked on either side by two jackals, sacred to Anubis, a three-line Greek inscription below reads:
"Tertius also called Alexander, aged six months, (died) too early, good journey"
circa 4th Century A.D.
9 7/8 x 7½in. (25 x 19cm.)
"Tertius also called Alexander, aged six months, (died) too early, good journey"
circa 4th Century A.D.
9 7/8 x 7½in. (25 x 19cm.)