Temple Relief Fragment of Ptolemy II Offering Incense

Description Wearing the shuty, or "double plumes" headdress, the king was once shown burning incense to a now-missing deity. Oval cartouches, elliptically shaped coils of rope used to mark royal names, record Ptolemy II's name in hieroglyphs, while his titles appear above them. At the top edge of the relief is a row of five-pointed stars, representing the sky.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
7/15/1959	Treatment	cleaned
7/20/1970	Treatment	cleaned
1/01/1998	Treatment	cleaned
2/01/1998	Treatment	rehoused; cleaned

Provenance Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters