Sculptural sketch with a king in a proportional grid; relief models; sketches; king iconography. Irregular plate with a drawing of a measuring grid, showing the king in right profile with arms raised in a gesture of adoration. Figure preserved to the waist, with loincloth and necklace visible; head obliterated. Model; height 15 cm, width 11 cm, depth 1.5 cm, weight 0.286 kg. 332–30 BC, Ptolemaic Period; found at Edfu., A roughly triangular broken stone fragment with a smooth gray background shows a weathered beige surface marked by a grid of thin darker lines and faint curved strokes in reddish-brown; the stone has irregular chipped edges and areas of lighter and darker beige, with the grid continuing across the whole visible face and the reddish-brown curved marks crossing several grid squares.
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Sculptural sketch with a king in a proportional grid; relief models; sketches; king iconography. Irregular plate with a drawing of a measuring grid, showing the king in right profile with arms raised in a gesture of adoration. Figure preserved to the waist, with loincloth and necklace visible; head obliterated. Model; height 15 cm, width 11 cm, depth 1.5 cm, weight 0.286 kg. 332–30 BC, Ptolemaic Period; found at Edfu., A roughly triangular broken stone fragment with a smooth gray background shows a weathered beige surface marked by a grid of thin darker lines and faint curved strokes in reddish-brown; the stone has irregular chipped edges and areas of lighter and darker beige, with the grid continuing across the whole visible face and the reddish-brown curved marks crossing several grid squares.

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Sculptural sketch king proportional grid relief models sketches king iconography Irregular plate drawing measuring grid showing right profile arms raised gesture adoration Figure preserved waist loincloth necklace visible head obliterated Model height 15 cm width 11 cm depth 1.5 cm weight 0.286 kg 332–30 Bc Ptolemaic Period Edfu roughly triangular broken stone fragment smooth gray background weathered beige surface marked grid thin darker lines faint curved strokes reddish-brown stone irregular chipped edges areas lighter darker beige continuing across whole visible face marks crossing several grid squares.

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