3615977 Marble head of a Ptolemaic queen, c.270-50 B.C. (marble) by Greek, (3rd century BC); 38.1 high cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: Probably represents a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, succession of Macedonian Greeks who ruled Egypt from the death of Alexander the Great 323 B.C. to the annexation of Egypt by Rome. Most recently, identified as Arsinoe II (316-270 BC), who ruled with her brother Ptolemy II from 278 B.C. He transformed her into an independent deity after her death and she was worshiped as an Egyptian goddess in association with Isis and also separately as a Greek goddess, with her own sanctuaries and festivals. ); Greek, out of copyright.