Bearded Head of Ptolemaic Dynast

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This roughly worked and approximately life-size marble portrait depicts a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty. The portrait was carved in Alexandria, Egypt, sometime during the 2nd Century BCE and is now part of the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum. Digital image courtesy of the Getty's Open Content Program.

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Museum, G. (2018, July 26). Bearded Head of Ptolemaic Dynast. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9006/bearded-head-of-ptolemaic-dynast/

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Museum, Getty. "Bearded Head of Ptolemaic Dynast." World History Encyclopedia, July 26, 2018. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9006/bearded-head-of-ptolemaic-dynast/.

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Museum, Getty. "Bearded Head of Ptolemaic Dynast." World History Encyclopedia, 26 Jul 2018, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/9006/bearded-head-of-ptolemaic-dynast/.

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