Votive Relief of a King
-305–-246
- Medium
- limestone
- Dimensions
- Overall: 13.6 x 8.9 x 1.8 cm (5 3/8 x 3 1/2 x 11/16 in.)
- Genre
- Sculpture
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Tags
Egypt, Greco-Roman period (332 BCE–395 CE), Ptolemaic dynasty (305–30 BCE)
About
Trial pieces—carved on limestone flakes, or ostraca—and sculptors' models allow us to see how the ancient Egyptian artist approached his work. Showing the profile of a king in relief, this piece is a masterpiece in its own right, and was probably meant to be copied.