In the Brooklyn Museum collection [inv. no. 37.353] there is an Egyptian statue of Ptahhotep, an overseer of the Treasury. A man is shown in a Persian costume, wearing a Persian torc over the Egyptian necklace with the amulet-pendant. The statue is dated to the 1st Persian Period, 521-486 BCE. From the museum description: “The … Continue reading Egyptian official in a Persian costume – notes