Fragment of a Vase Depicting Berenike II, 246–221
Fragment of a Vase Depicting Berenike II, Ptolemaic Period, Ptolemaic Dynasty, 246–221 , From Egypt, Alexandria region; Probably from Alexandria, Faience, H. 15 cm (5 7/8 in.); W. 7 cm (2 3/4 in.); D. cm (1 7/16 in.), Ptolemaic oinochoai (wine-jugs) with portraits of the queens were libation vessels associated with the royal cult, most likely with the Arsinoeia, the festival established in honor of Arsinoe II. On complete examples, the figure of the queen pours a libation at a sacrificial altar with a sacred pillar standing behind her, a scene which suggests that underworld gods are addressed, possibly funerary gods
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