Ptolemaic King (perhaps Ptolemy VI)

150–100 B.C.E.

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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))

Title

Ptolemaic King (perhaps Ptolemy VI)

Date

150–100 B.C.E.

Period

Ptolemaic Period

Geography

Place made: Egypt

Medium

Limestone, pigment

Classification

Sculpture

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

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