大英博物館のインスタグラム(britishmuseum) - 8月7日 23時12分

This statue was discovered in the lost city of Thonis-Heracleion, once one of Egypt’s most important commercial centres for trade with the Mediterranean world. Known as ‘the Dark Queen’, this statue probably depicts the Ptolemaic queen Cleopatra III (ruled 142–101 BC) who married her much older uncle Ptolemy VIII and was murdered by one of her sons.
The sculptor has combined Egyptian and Greek styles, with the queen’s garment held together by an Isis-knot. She is represented as the Egyptian goddess Isis, highlighting the influential role queens played in the politics of the Ptolemies. Cleopatra VII, the legendary last pharaoh of Egypt, was also a descendant of this Greco-Macedonian dynasty.

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Queen dressed as Isis. Thonis-Heracleion, 2nd century BC. National Museum, Alexandria. Photo: Christoph Gerigk. © Franck Goddio/Hilti Foundation.
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