This is a fragment of a basalt statue of Ptolemy I (general of Alexander the Great), who founded the Ptolemaic Dynasty of Egypt. He wears the Egyptian royal headdress and the protective serpent. It is said that it was found in the lining of a well in the Nile Delta, Egypt. Circa 305-283 BCE. The British Museum, London.
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