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Source Description
The queen’s body is depicted in mixed perspective, with her torso frontal and her head turned to her right. She holds a double cornucopia in her left arm. A mantle appears to be wrapped around her waist. Brown pigment colors the queen’s wavy hair, arranged in the melon hairstyle, around which she wears a diadem. Based on complete examples of the oinochoe type, the queen would have held a patera in her outstretched right arm, and she would have been depicted full-length, with her weight on her right hip, left leg bent. To her right would have been an altar, and behind her would have been a tapering column. Egyptian faience jugs or wine pitchers (oinochoai) of this kind were used in the cult of the Ptolemaic rulers and always depict one of the queens of the early Ptolemaic period in high relief. This queen can be identified as Arsinoe II (died ca. 270 BCE) by the double cornucopia she holds.
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Document identity
localId
7367
label
Oinochoe Fragment with Queen Arsinoe II
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
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7367
sourceUrl
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Oinochoe Fragment with Queen Arsinoe II
description
The queen’s body is depicted in mixed perspective, with her torso frontal and her head turned to her right. She holds a double cornucopia in her left arm. A mantle appears to be wrapped around her waist. Brown pigment colors the queen’s wavy hair, arranged in the melon hairstyle, around which she wears a diadem. Based on complete examples of the oinochoe type, the queen would have held a patera in her outstretched right arm, and she would have been depicted full-length, with her weight on her right hip, left leg bent. To her right would have been an altar, and behind her would have been a tapering column. Egyptian faience jugs or wine pitchers (oinochoai) of this kind were used in the cult of the Ptolemaic rulers and always depict one of the queens of the early Ptolemaic period in high relief. This queen can be identified as Arsinoe II (died ca. 270 BCE) by the double cornucopia she holds.
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [said to have been found at Faiyum]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1909, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
270-246 BCE (Ptolemaic)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
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oinochoai
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1
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1
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import
dimensions
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cm
width
7.1
height
5
depth
1.6
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 13/16 × W: 2 × D: 5/8 in. (7.1 × 5.03 × 1.6 cm)
Source extras
cul
Egyptian
dynasty
Ptolemaic Dynasty
med
Egyptian faience, mold made
creator_ids
6182
collection_ids
EGY
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exhibition_ids
10
2524
2237
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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