Sealing naming Nesisti, a priest in the cult of Arsinoe II and her sister Philotera, Ptolemaic Period, Ptolemaic Dynasty, ca. 210–180 B.C., From Egypt, Unfired clay, Dia. 2 cm (13/16 in.), Arsinoe II was divinized on her death, and a cult to her deceased sister Philotera was maintained alongside hers at least at Memphis for a certain period. This fragile unfired sealing from a papyrus names an official and priest of the two women
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Sealing naming Nesisti, priest, cult, Arsinoe II, sister Philotera, Ptolemaic Period, Dynasty, ca, 210–180 B.C, Egypt, Unfired clay, Dia, 2 cm, 13/16, divinized, death, deceased sister, Philotera, maintained alongside, hers, Memphis, certain period, fragile unfired, sealing, papyrus names, official, two women
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