Ptolemaic King (perhaps Ptolemy VI)
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Object Label
Second-century B.C.E. Ptolemaic kings like this one guaranteed honesty in manufacturing and accounting for animal mummies. For example, royal regulations ensured that each linen packet contained only one body rather than combining multiple commissions in a single set of wrappings, or not including any animal at all. They also insisted on standard accounting practices, so that corrupt priests could not cheat the worshippers or the institutions that prepared and buried the mummies.
Caption
Ptolemaic King (perhaps Ptolemy VI), 150–100 B.C.E.. Limestone, pigment, 12 1/2 x 10 13/16 x 9 5/8 in. (31.8 x 27.4 x 24.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Christos G. Bastis in honor of Richard Fazzini, 1995.28. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum (Gavin Ashworth, photographer))
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Title
Ptolemaic King (perhaps Ptolemy VI)
Date
150–100 B.C.E.
Period
Ptolemaic Period
Geography
Place made: Egypt
Medium
Limestone, pigment
Classification
Dimensions
12 1/2 x 10 13/16 x 9 5/8 in. (31.8 x 27.4 x 24.4 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Christos G. Bastis in honor of Richard Fazzini
Accession Number
1995.28
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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