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Alexander the Great (356–323 BC) was particuarly revered in Alexandria, the town he founded and his last resting place. His successor in Egypt, Ptolemy I, had managed to waylay Alexander’s mortal remains as they were returning from Babylon for burial in Macedon. A cult to a deified Alexander emerged around 290 BC. This statuette, one of a small group of Egyptian figures made for domestic worship, probably reproduces the cult statue erected near Alexander’s tomb. He wears the aegis, the goat-skin breatsplate worn by Zeus, identifying him with the god who had recognized him as his son at the Siwa oasis in Egypt.

Former Fouquet collection Purchased in 1922

Department of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities

MND 1390, Ma 3167
Date 23 June 2012, 11:05 (according to Exif data)
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Statuette of Alexander wearing the aegis 1st century BC, discovered in Alexandria (Egypt), Louvre Museum

Author Carole Raddato from Frankfurt, Germany
Camera location48° 51′ 24.9″ N, 2° 20′ 28.35″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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