Decorative band perhaps from a shrine with the name of Ptolemy X
This silver strip with the throne name of Ptolemy X Alexander i must have fitted onto another item, probably a shrine or temple furnishing.
The cartouche records the throne name of Ptolemy X: "The heir of the Beneficient God and the Beneficient Goddess and female Re, who is the chosen of Ptah, who brings forth the order of Re, the living sacred image of Amun." The female Re was his mother Cleopatra III, who had replaced her older son with Ptolemy X. Ptolemy X eventually had her killed, and was then overthrown by the resurgent Ptolemy IX. The dynastic strife paralleled continuing internal strife in the country, with eventual heavy-handed suppression of the Theban region.
The cartouche records the throne name of Ptolemy X: "The heir of the Beneficient God and the Beneficient Goddess and female Re, who is the chosen of Ptah, who brings forth the order of Re, the living sacred image of Amun." The female Re was his mother Cleopatra III, who had replaced her older son with Ptolemy X. Ptolemy X eventually had her killed, and was then overthrown by the resurgent Ptolemy IX. The dynastic strife paralleled continuing internal strife in the country, with eventual heavy-handed suppression of the Theban region.
Artwork Details
- Title: Decorative band perhaps from a shrine with the name of Ptolemy X
- Period: Ptolemaic Period
- Reign: reign of Ptolemy X Alexander I
- Date: 107–88 B.C.
- Geography: From Egypt
- Medium: Gilded silver
- Dimensions: 5.5 x 18 cm (2 3/16 x 7 1/16 in.)
- Credit Line: Gift of Dr. Jacob Hirsch, 1938
- Object Number: 38.6
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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5th–4th century B.C.
610–595 B.C.
246–222 B.C.
550–300 B.C.
ca. 733–664 BCE
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