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Description
English: Colossal head of Ptolemy IV or more probably Ptolemy VI. Belonged to an acrolith statue, pendant to that of a queen; both were placed left and right of a statue of Serapis.
Français : Tête colossale de Ptolémée IV ou plus probablement Ptolémée VI Philopator. Appartenait à une statue acrolithe pendant de celle d'une reine, toutes deux placées de part et d'autre d'une statue de Sérapis.
Date turn of the 4/3rd century BC
Medium Greek insular marble
Dimensions height: 46 cm (18.1 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,46U174728
institution QS:P195,Q19675
Current location
Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, Denon wing, ground floor
Accession number
Ma 3168 (MND 479)
Object history
English: From the Serapaeum of Alexandria, Egypt
Français : Provenance : temple de Sérapis à Alexandrie, Égypte
Credit line Purchase, 1901
References Marianne Hamiaux, Les Sculptures grecques II, no.79 Musée du Louvre, Atlas database: entry 20685
Source/Photographer Marie-Lan Nguyen (2011)
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