Head of Ptolemy II or III, 246–222 BCE
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Head of Ptolemy II or III

246–222 BCE

Medium
Black bronze
Classification
Head, Ptolemy II or III
Dimensions
H. 6.5 cm (2 9/16 in.); W. 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.); D. 4.6 cm (1 13/16 in.)
Culture
Egypt
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Egyptian Art
Credit line
Purchase, Fletcher Fund and The Guide Foundation Inc. Gift, 1966
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

View at the The Metropolitan Museum of Art