Ptolemy I (ca. 367-283 BCE) was a Macedonian general in Alexander the Great's army and the founder of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt. This relief probably decorated the curved armrest of a bed or other piece of furniture. Ptolemaic rulers were viewed as divine by their Egyptian subjects. They often chose to portray themselves to their Greek subjects in the guise of figures from Greek mythology, such as the Greek wine-god, Dionysus.For the latest information about this object, busts; figurines, visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: Ptolemaic DynastyInscriptions: Reign: Style:
This plaque was used as an attachment for a piece of furniture or a box. The head of the lion is carefully molded, and the structure of the mane incised. Lions were connected to the king, and were also a manifestation of the horizon.For the latest information about this object, figurines; plaques, visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: 30th DynastyInscriptions: Reign: Style:
The "ba," depicted as a human-headed bird, was a spiritual aspect of one's personality.For the latest information about this object, amulets; pendants; amulet pendant, visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: early Ptolemaic DynastyInscriptions: Reign: Style:
This statuette represents a "ba" spirit wearing a sun disc. The "ba," depicted as a human-headed bird, was a spiritual aspect of one's personality.For the latest information about this object, statuettes (statues), visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: Inscriptions: Reign: Style:
The monkey, probably a baboon is squatting with its hands on his knees. The small extension on the back of the animal was used to implement it in a grouping of figurines or in a shrine.For the latest information about this object, figurines, visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: Inscriptions: Reign: Style:
Baboons were related to the god of wisdom Thoth but also depicted as animals welcoming the sun god in the morning and in the evening. This animal has no moon disk and moon crescent on its head and therefore may be one of the solar baboons. The loop on the back of the pendant is broken off.For the latest information about this object, amulets; pendants; figurines, visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: 30th Dynasty-Ptolemaic DynastyInscriptions: Reign: Style:
This schist ape has inlayed glass eyes and a hole in its head for the insertion of a plume (?). The authenticity of this piece has been questioned.For the latest information about this object, figurines; statuettes, visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: Inscriptions: Reign: Style:
This crudely carved figure of a seated monkey, perhaps a baboon has traces of crossed lines on the base, and was probably used as a seal.For the latest information about this object, figurines; seals, visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: Inscriptions: Reign: Style:
A funerary image for the couple's tomb, this sculpture was meant to function as a dwelling place for their spirits. Relief images of the couple's two sons appear on the sides of the seat.For the latest information about this object, statuettes (statues); sculptures, visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: 18th DynastyInscriptions: Reign: Style:
Two provincial governors are shown prostrate before a higher authority. A third governor was once between them, but both his figure and his name have been removed. This unique sculpture must have been combined with the statue of a god or king. It is possible that the work was once part of a larger group that may have shown all the provincial governors of Upper and Lower Egypt. The removal of the middle figure may either have been a "damnatio memoriae" to destroy the commemoration of the depicted person, or to replace his image by the figure of another person.For the latest information about this object, statuettes (statues); sculptures, visit art.thewalters.org.Dynasty: 12th DynastyInscriptions: [Inscription, Translation, proper left and proper right] The hatj-a (governor or nomarch, mayor] Hat-ankh, born of Sat-wsret. The hatj-a Nakht the Elder, born of Maket. [From Schulz and Seidel, 'Egyptian Art: The Walters Art Museum,' 2009, p. 42]Reign: Style: