Object type
sculpture
Culture/period
Colonisations
Materials
black granite
Technique
polishing
Mint
Production date
-110 / -50
Current location
Exposició permanent
Archaeological site
Alexandria
Township
Egipte (Àfrica)
Dimensions
575 x 250 x 160 mm
Description
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The sculpture represents the image of a standing man, but in a posture of walking, advancing on his left leg, in the hieratic style of Egyptian pharaonic statues. From the quite characteristic type of clothing, we can say that it was a person of a certain rank in the Ptolemaic administration, a senior official. That is, in the time after the conquest of Egypt by Alexander the Great, when Egypt was ruled by the descendants of Ptolemy, Alexander's general who stayed in Egypt after he died.
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Omeka ID
2463