Votive Plaque of a Ptolemaic Queen
Artist
Unknown Egyptian
CultureEgyptian
Titles
- Votive Plaque of a Ptolemaic Queen
Date3rd century BC
MediumLimestone
Dimensions5 9/16 × 4 13/16 × 13/16 in. (14.2 × 12.3 × 2.1 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Frances Marzio
Object number2024.1228
Not on view
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Department
AntiquitiesObject Type
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
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Verso, bottom right corner: lightly incised and irregularly shaped Θ [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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