Head of Arsinoe III in the Walters Art Museum, September 2009

Head of Queen Arsinoe III


Creators: Egyptian (?) (Sculptor) or Greek (?) (Artist)


Period: 217-203 BC (Hellenistic-Ptolemaic)

Medium: carved marble with traces of red pigment (Sculpture)

Accession Number: 23.6

Measurements: 5 1/2 x 3 1/8 x 3 1/16 in. (13.9 x 7.9 x 7.8 cm)

Geographies: Egypt (?) (Place of Origin)

Queen Arsinoe III, wife and sister of King Ptolemy IV Philopator, wears the royal diadem and the hairstyle of the goddess Isis.

Text from: art.thewalters.org/detail/25831/head-of-queen-arsinoe-iii/