Temple Relief with Ptolemy III Euergetes
Temple Relief with Ptolemy III Euergetes
Place of OriginEgypt, reportedly from the Temple of Khonsu at Karnak, near Luxor
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.
3rd to 1st century BCE
Old Kingdom, Dynasty 5, about 2400 BCE.
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, about 1350 BCE.
Dynasty VIII (1570-1349 BCE), Amarna Period (1372-1353 BCE)
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhen-aten, 1353-1336 BCE.
Old Kingdom, late Dynasty 5, 2500-2420 BCE.
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Akhen-aten, 1353-1336 BCE.
Old Kingdom, late Dynasty 5, 2500-2420 BCE
Old Kingdom, early Dynasty 4, about 2575-2551 BCE
Old Kingdom, early Dynasty 4, about 2575-2551 BCE.
c. 247-221 BCE
Membership
Become a TMA member today
Support TMA
Help support the TMA mission