Portrait of Ptolemy IV (?)

Classification

portrait ; sculpture / statue

Culture

Graeco-Egyptian (culture)

Dimensions

height: 22 cm

Date

3rd–2nd century B.C.

Period

Hellenistic Period (Greek, 323–31)

Material

marble analysis ; Parian marble, lychnites

Iconography

diadem ; ruler

Findspot

Egypt

Present location

Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities

Provenance

Arndt, Paul (1865–1937)

Inventory

4769

Hyp-1085

References

Hekler 1929, 68–69, no. 57; Kyrieleis 1975, 47, 171, D 4, pls. 36, 1-2.

Marble analyses conducted by Danielle Decrouez (Geneva, Museum of Natural History) and Karl Ramseyer (University of Bern, Institute of Geological Sciences) have shown that the statue was made of Parian (Paros-Marathi) marble. Click here for the detailed results.

This record is subject to revision due to ongoing research.