Gilt faience fragment of an oinochoe (jug), Hellenistic, 3rd century B.C., Greek, Ptolemaic, Faience, h. 2 13/32 in. (6.1 cm), Miscellaneous-Faience, in high relief, Arsinoe II. The double cornucopia held in the crook of the left arm of the figure is an attribute of the Ptolemaic queen, Arsinoe II. Such cornucopiae, accompanied by inscriptions bearing her name appear on coins, as well as on complete examples of relief oinochoai, thus allowing a secure identification of the queen, despite the small size of the fragment and lack of head
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Gilt faience fragment, oinochoe, jug, Hellenistic, 3rd century B.C, Greek, Ptolemaic, Faience, h, 2 13/32, 6.1 cm, Miscellaneous-Faience, high, relief, Arsinoe II, double cornucopia, held, crook, left arm, figure, attribute, Ptolemaic queen, cornucopiae, accompanied, inscriptions bearing, name, coins, well, complete examples, relief oinochoai, thus allowing, secure identification, queen, small size, fragment, lack, head
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