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Venus Genitrix by Diphilos

Vessel shaped as a Nubian priestess

Classification
plastic vase
Culture
Graeco-Egyptian (culture)
Dimensions
height: 15.5 cm
Date
first half of the 2nd century B.C.
Period
Ptolemaic period (323–30)
Material
clay
Iconography
female figure; libation; floral wreath; ribbon; tunic; scarf
Production place
Egypt
Present location
Budapest, Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Classical Antiquities
Provenance
Arndt, Paul (1865–1937)
Inventory
T.534
ID
Hyp-881
References
Török 1995, 109–110, no. 145; Oroszlán 1930, 70, D 63