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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