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The Crown of Arsinoe II: The Creation of an Image of Authority

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The Crown of Arsinoë II is a detailed study of a unique crown that was once created for the Ptolemaic Egyptian Queen Arsinoë II which has important conclusions for ancient Egyptian history. Images of Arsinoë are represented in a broad spectrum of iconographic media, depicting this historical figure in a Greek in addition to Egyptian cultural setting, and as queen and goddess alike, though her tomb has never been found. Based on detailed examination of reliefs, the aim is to identify and bear in mind the symbolism that may be embedded in each pictorial detail that together form the crown, in addition to all contextual aspects of the relief scenes, and how this reflects the wearer’s socio-political and religious positions. The result of this study suggest that the crown of Arsinoë was once created for the living queen and reflected three main cultural positions: her royal position as King of Lower Egypt, her cultic role as high priestess, and her religious aspect as thea Philadelphos . It indicates that she was once proclaimed female pharaoh all through her lifetime and must be included in the official pharaonic king list as Ptolemy II’s co-regent: her royal authority must be regarded as equivalent to Hatshepsut, Tawosret and Amenirdis II, as one of the important royal women in Egyptian history. Arsinoë’s complex persona were embedded in a very unique attribute her crown and that this remained a symbol of authority right through the last centuries of the ancient Egyptian period.

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