Statue of a Ptolemaic Queen, perhaps Cleopatra VII

Statue of a Ptolemaic Queen, perhaps Cleopatra VII

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The statue represents a Ptolemaic queen holding a cornucopia. Attributes and dress point to a date in the second or first century B.C., and one recent study notes that details of the queen's hairstyle suggest identification with Cleopatra VII. However, the cartouche actually reading "Cleopatra" on this statue's arm would be a highly unusual occurrence, and is, moreover, incorrectly oriented, so that it is probably a modern addition.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Statue of a Ptolemaic Queen, perhaps Cleopatra VIIStatue of a Ptolemaic Queen, perhaps Cleopatra VIIStatue of a Ptolemaic Queen, perhaps Cleopatra VIIStatue of a Ptolemaic Queen, perhaps Cleopatra VIIStatue of a Ptolemaic Queen, perhaps Cleopatra VII

The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.