Relief fragment from a temple
reign of Ptolemy I Soter, 305–282 BC
In 1907 an Austro-Hungarian team found wall fragments of an early Ptolemaic temple at Sharuna in Middle Egypt. Only parts of the decoration are preserved: goddesses with vulture headdresses and various crowns – the White Crown of Upper Egypt, the Red Crown of Lower Egypt, the Double Crown combining both, and part of the horns belonging to an atef-crown.
In 1907 an Austro-Hungarian team found wall fragments of an early Ptolemaic temple at Sharuna in Middle Egypt. Only parts of the decoration are preserved: goddesses with vulture headdresses and various crowns – the White Crown of Upper Egypt, the Red Crown of Lower Egypt, the Double Crown combining both, and part of the horns belonging to an atef-crown.
Time:
reign of Ptolemy I Soter, 305–282 BC
Object Name
Relief
Culture
Ägyptisch
Location of discovery:
Kom el-Ahmar bei Scharuna
Material/technology:
Limestone
Dimensions:
H ca. 30 cm, B ca. 129 cm, T ca. 28 cm, G 145 kg
Copyright
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Ägyptisch - Orientalische Sammlung
Invs.
Ägyptische Sammlung, INV 6694a
Provenance
1908, gift of Fülüp (Philipp) Back