Official with Pleated Costume, Ptolemaic Period, 150–1 BC, From Egypt, Diorite, H. 116.5 cm (45 7/8 in.), Striding draped figures appear in the Egyptian statuary repertoire in the mid-second century B.C.; such statues seem often to have stood in front of temples pylons. Possibly the diadem worn by this figure indicates a priestly office
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Official, Pleated Costume, Ptolemaic Period, 150–1 BC, Egypt, Diorite, H, 116.5 cm, 45 7/8, Striding draped, figures, Egyptian statuary, repertoire, mid-second century, B.C, statues, stood, front, temples pylons, diadem worn, figure indicates, priestly office
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