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A black basalt statue of a #Ptolemaic (https://nitter.moomoo.me/search?q=%23Ptolemaic) queen at the Alexandria National Museum. The knot joining the shawl, commonly found on statues of Ptolemaic rulers, is frequently called the "#Isis (https://nitter.moomoo.me/search?q=%23Isis) knot" by scholars b/c the wives and mothers of the ruler tended to be compared to that goddess



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