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The Berlin Cleopatra, a Roman sculpture of Cleopatra VII wearing a royal diadem, mid-1st century BC (around the time of her visits to Rome in 46–44 BC), discovered in an Italian villa along the Via Appia. Altes Museum, Berlin, Germania

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Deutsch: Marmorbüste Kleopatra VII. von Ägypten, entstanden 40-30 v.Chr.
English: Marble bust of Cleopatra VII of Egypt from ca. 40-30 BC. An ancient Roman bust of Ptolemaic ruler Cleopatra VII of Egypt wearing a royal diadem band over her hair; dated to the mid-1st century BC (i.e. around the time of her visit to Rome), it was discovered in a villa along the Via Appia. It is now located in the Altes Museum, Berlin, in the Antikensammlung Berlin collection.
العربية: تمثال لرأس الملكة كليوبترا معروض في متحف ألتيس في برلين

Sources:

  • Polo, Francisco Pina (2013), “The Great Seducer: Cleopatra, Queen and Sex Symbol”, in Seduction and Power: Antiquity in the Visual and Performing Arts[1], London: Bloomsbury Academic, ISBN 9781441190659, pages 184–186
  • Roller, Duane W. (2010) Cleopatra: a biography, Oxford: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-536553-5, page 54
  • Jones, Prudence J. (2006) Cleopatra: a sourcebook[2], Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, ISBN 9780806137414, page 33
  • Hölbl, Günther (2001) A History of the Ptolemaic Empire, London: Routledge, ISBN 9780415201452, page 234
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    Date 40-30 v. Chr. / 40-30 BC / spätptolemäisch / late Ptolemaic dynasty
    Source own work / Altes Museum Berlin (Berliner Museumsinsel)
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