Votive Plaque of a Ptolemaic Queen

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CultureEgyptian

Titles

Votive Plaque of a Ptolemaic Queen

Date3rd century BC

MediumLimestone

DimensionsOverall: 8 1/2 × 5 × 2 in. (21.6 × 12.7 × 5.1 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Frances Marzio

Object number2024.1228

Non exposé

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Department

Antiquities

Object Type

SCULPTURE

Provenance[Merrin Gallery, New York, April 19, 2001] [1];
Acquired from the previous by Frances Marzio, 2001-2024 [2];
By bequest, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2024-Present

[1] Final invoice is dated to April 19, 2001, with the paid by stamped date indicated as March 30, 2001 (Object File).
[2] Offered by the estate of Frances Marzio (1947-2022) to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston in 2023.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

On the object, there is a lightly incised and irregularly shaped Θ on the reverse in the corner nearest the smallest positive mold. This could be a maker’s marker or perhaps a indicating of the type/size of the positive molds for reference. Unclear when this mark was added, but it could be ancient based on similar incised marks.

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