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Portrait of Severus Alexander
CG 27480 Cairo Antiquity Museum
Material: White Marble
Size: Height: 23 cm
Location: Luxor
Excavation: The Antquities Service Excavations of 1891Roman
Period, Reign of Alexander Severus (222-235 AD)
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Serverus Alexander was a Roman emperor during Egypt's Roman
Period. Sculptures such as this were used
essentially for imperial propaganda and spread
throughout the empire. This one was made in Egypt and
discovered in Alexandria.
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