Head of an 'Ethiopian' depicted in Hellenistic mode, Ptolemaic Period, 332–30 B.C., From Egypt; Possibly from Delta, Black bronze, gold, carnelian, obsidian, h. 3.9 cm (1 9/16 in); w. 2.8 cm (1 1/8 in); d. 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in), All black Africans were termed Ethiopians by the ancient Greeks, and Greek artists had defined for them a distinct iconography well before the cosmopolitan Hellenistic period, when, especially in Ptolemaic Egypt, regular contact came about
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Head, Ethiopian, depicted, Hellenistic mode, Ptolemaic Period, 332–30 B.C, Egypt, Delta, Black bronze, gold, carnelian, obsidian, h, 3.9 cm, 1 9/16, w, 2.8 1/8, d, 3.2 1/4, black, Africans, termed Ethiopians, ancient Greeks, Greek artists, defined, distinct iconography, well, cosmopolitan Hellenistic, period, Egypt, regular contact, came
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