Decorative attachment in the form of a head wearing an elephant headdress, Ptolemaic or Roman Period, 200 B.C.–A.D. 100, From Egypt, Bronze, H. 5 cm (1 15/16 in.), The elephant headdress was associated with Alexander the Great because of his conquest of India. It also appears on images of his Ptolemaic successors and in the Roman Period on female personifications of Alexandria on coins
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Decorative attachment, form, head wearing, elephant headdress, Ptolemaic, Roman Period, 200 B.C.–.D, 100, Egypt, Bronze, H, 5 cm, 1 15/16, elephant, headdress, associated, Alexander, Great, conquest, India, images, Ptolemaic successors, female personifications, Alexandria, coins
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