Temple Relief with Ptolemy III Euergetes
Temple Relief with Ptolemy III Euergetes
Place of OriginReportedly from Temple of Khonsu at Karnak, near Luxor, Egypt
DatePtolemaic Dynasty, 246-222 BCE
Dimensions17 7/8 × 15 1/4 × 1 1/2 in. (45.4 × 38.7 × 3.8 cm)
MediumSandstone with paint
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1972.17
On View
Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Gallery, 02, Classic
"Recent accessions..." Art Quarterly, vol. 37, no. 1, Spring 1974, p. 98.
"La Chronique des Arts," Gazette des Beaux-Arts, vol. 81, no. 1249, repr. p. 102.
Jucker, Ines. "Zum Bildnis Ptolemaios' III. Euergetes I." Antike Kunst, vol. 18, no. 1 (1975), p. 18.
"Treasures for Toledo," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News, 1976, vol. 19, nos. 2-3, p. 45.
Peck, William H., Sandra E. Knudsen and Paula Reich, Egypt in Toledo: The Ancient Egyptian Collection at the Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Toledo Museum of Art, 2011, p. 88-89, repr. (col.) p. 89, (det.) p. 87.
Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, The Mummies: From Egypt to Toledo, February 3- May 6, 2018.Comparative ReferencesSee also Dümichen, Johannes, Altägyptische Tempelinschriften, Leipzig, 1867, pl. 89.cf. Dümichen, Johannes, "Bauurkunde der Tempelanlagen von Edfu," Zeitschrift für Agyptische Sprache und Alterthumskunde, Leipzig, 1870, no. 8, pp. 1 ff. and pl. I ff.
cf. Dümichen, Johannes, "Die sale und Zimmer im Tempel von Dendera," Zeitschrift für Agyptische Sprache und Alterthumskunde, Leipzig, 1869, p. 102.
cf. Jéquier, G., Les Temples Ptolemaiques et Romains, 1924, p. 6ff.
cf. Michalowski, Karnak, 1970, p. 80ff.
Late Period, Dynasty 21, 1085-332 BCE or Ptolemaic Dynasty, 305-30 BCE
Predynastic Period, about 4000-3200 BCE
about 1200
11th century
11th century
about 1250
Classic Khmer Period (802 -1431), 1100-1200
Classic Khmer Period (802-1300), 1080- 1125
Gupta Period (320-647), about 600
early 17th century
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