Priest carrying a naiskos

Classification

statuette ; sculpture / statue

Culture

Graeco-Egyptian (culture)

Dimensions

height: 17.3 cm

Date

first half of the 2nd century B.C.

Period

Ptolemaic period (323–30)

Material

clay

Iconography

priest ; dwarf ; floral wreath ; ribbon ; lotus crown ; libation bowl (phiale, patera); shrine (naos, cella); uraeus frieze

Production place

Egypt

Findspot

Egypt?

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Arndt, Paul (1865–1937)

Inventory

T.486

ID

Hyp-1010

Condition

The right arm is missing.

References

Weber 1914, 70–71, fig. 40; Oroszlán 1930, 66, D 27; Török 1995, 119–121, no. 160

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This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.