Art Institute of Chicago
Plaque Depicting a Queen or Goddess
Egyptian
- Date
- Ptolemaic Period (332–30 BCE)
- Medium
- Limestone
- Culture
- Egypt
- Department
- Arts of Africa
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
A headdress in the form of a vulture crowns this female figure, indicating her status as a queen or goddess. Although of Greek descent, pharaohs and queens of this era used traditional Egyptian markers of royalty and divinity, including crowns, to represent themselves. Her beaded necklace is embellished with lotus blossoms and flowering papyrus umbels—plants indigenous to the Nile River valley—further indicating her close affinity with Egypt.
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- Object type
- AAT300190691
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