137637

THE COLUMN OF CLEOPATRA III AND PTOLEMY IX FROM KOM OMBO IN THE GEM (45481)

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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ARCHAEOLOGY
EGYPTOLOGY
HISTORY OF ART AND ARCHITECTURE

Abstract

This is the publication of a column currently in the Grand Egyptian Museum at Giza. This column is covered with scenes, hieroglyphic texts, and decorative motifs. It is one of the few depictions of a Ptolemaic queen, Cleopatra III, alone offering to deities. Its content shows a period of coregency between her and her son Ptolemy IX. Moreover, it bears new motifs, such as the frieze of Hathoric faces and the rekhyt-bird adoring the divine children of Kom Ombo. This research presents a theological, historical, and palaeographical analytical study of the scenes and texts of the column. Indeed, it also shows the two divine children of Kom Ombo receiving offerings from Ptolemy IX and his mother. A reconstruction of the column is suggested, either as a complete element or locating it on the plan of the Mammisi of Kom Ombo.  

DOI

10.21608/shedet.2021.32773.1020

Keywords

JE 45072, rekhyt-bird, Hathor face, coregency, mammisi, Khonsu-Horus, Panebtaui-Pa-Khered, Myrrh, Milk, Lunar deities, Divine kingship, Palaeography

Authors

First Name

Ali

Last Name

Ali

MiddleName

Abdelhalim

Affiliation

Archeology dpt, Faculty of Arts, Ain Shams University

Email

ali.abdelhalim@art.asu.edu.eg

City

Cairo

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Volume

7

Article Issue

7

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20393

Issue Date

2020-12-01

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2020-03-15

Publish Date

2020-12-31

Page Start

1

Page End

25

Print ISSN

2356-8704

Online ISSN

2536-9954

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https://shedet.journals.ekb.eg/article_137637.html

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Shedet

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THE COLUMN OF CLEOPATRA III AND PTOLEMY IX FROM KOM OMBO IN THE GEM (45481)

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22 Jan 2023