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title: Mosaic Portrait of Berenice II
author: Greco-Roman Museum, Alexandria
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# Mosaic Portrait of Berenice II

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## Image File

[![Mosaic Portrait of Berenice II](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/10740.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/10740.jpg)

## Image Caption

[Mosaic](https://www.worldhistory.org/Mosaic/) with square emblem depicting [Berenice](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Berenice/) II as personification of naval prowess (Thmouis, ca. 245-200 BCE; Greco-[Roman](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Roman/) Museum, [Alexandria](https://www.worldhistory.org/alexandria/), inv. 21.739). Photograph by A. Pelle © Centre d’Études Alexandrines/CNRS, courtesy of Jean-Yves Empereur, Director.

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## Bibliography

- [Branko van Oppen de Ruiter. *Berenice II Euergetis.* Palgrave Macmillan, 2015, 60-64, pl. 3.11.](https://www.worldhistory.org/books/1137494611/)
- [Wiktor Andrzej Daszewski. *Corpus of mosaics from Egypt.* P. von Zabern, 1985, 142-160.](https://www.worldhistory.org/books/380530482X/)

## Cite This Work

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### Chicago
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### MLA
Alexandria, Greco-Roman Museum,. "Mosaic Portrait of Berenice II." *World History Encyclopedia*, 23 May 2019, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10740/mosaic-portrait-of-berenice-ii/>.

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