WK8 Quiz AR310 Ancient Art: Tombs and Treasures Question 1 1. In the early Ptolemaic period, how were mouths often rendered on figures? Question 2 1. During the early Ptolemaic period, the foreign kings continued to build temples consistent with Egyptian structural traditions instead of Hellenistic forms.   True False Question 3 1. During the Ptolemaic period, rules governed the type of attributes of offerings.  What were the objects that could be offered to male deities, and what could only be offered to female deities? Question 4 1. At Edfu, the main cult center of the god ___________________, a living falcon was chosen was the reincarnation and was the main statue of decoration. Question 5 1. This bull reincarnation increased in popularity during the Late and Ptolemaic Periods.  Who does it represent, how is its divinity signified, and what are traditional markings on this type of statue? Question 6 1. In the fourth century, burial chapels often had relief decoration in the lintel area above the doorways.  What were the three themes that were most prominent?  Question 7 1. In figure representation through Ancient Egypt, the leg striding forward is always the ‘back’ leg, or leg furthest from the viewer.  True False Question 8 1. The tomb of high priest Thoth Petosiris contains scenes were Egyptian and Hellenistic scenes were merged.  Where were these scenes located within the temples and why?  Question 9 1. Statues of the goddess Nephthys were often placed in burials. However, in the Late and Ptolemaic period this figure changed how? Question 10 1. On the grid systems, gods would hold their sceptres seven squares in front of their center axis, and goddesses would hold their papyrus scepters only six squares in front.  What was the reason for this? Question 11 1. Horus stelae, with images of young Horus standing on crocodiles and grasping snakes and other dangerous animals in his grasp, became increasingly common in the Ptolemaic period.  What was their function? Question 12 1. Statues of men during this period can be divided between those that are idealizing and those that are realistic.  The realistic ones, likely derived from Hellenistic traditions, were identified how? Question 13 1. What happened to the temples of Philae at Aswan in the 1960s? Question 14 1. Sometimes during the Ptolemic period, royal cartouches were sometimes left blank in periods of disorder.  According to our text, what was the reasoning behind this? Question 15 1. Well-preserved wooden stelae from this period have a ba, or the spirit of the deceased, in the form of a _____________________ placed on top. .

1. WK8 Quiz AR310 Ancient Art: Tombs and Treasures
Question 1
1. In the early Ptolemaic period, how were mouths often
rendered on figures?
Question 2
1. During the early Ptolemaic period, the foreign kings
continued to build temples consistent with Egyptian structural
traditions instead of Hellenistic forms.
True
False
Question 3
1. During the Ptolemaic period, rules governed the type of
attributes of offerings. What were the objects that could be
offered to male deities, and what could only be offered to
female deities?
Question 4
1. At Edfu, the main cult center of the god
___________________, a living falcon was chosen was the
reincarnation and was the main statue of decoration.
Question 5
1. This bull reincarnation increased in popularity during the
Late and Ptolemaic Periods. Who does it represent, how is its
divinity signified, and what are traditional markings on this
type of statue?
Question 6
1. In the fourth century, burial chapels often had relief
decoration in the lintel area above the doorways. What were the

2. three themes that were most prominent?
Question 7
1. In figure representation through Ancient Egypt, the leg
striding forward is always the ‘back’ leg, or leg furthest from
the viewer.
True
False
Question 8
1. The tomb of high priest Thoth Petosiris contains scenes were
Egyptian and Hellenistic scenes were merged. Where were
these scenes located within the temples and why?
Question 9
1. Statues of the goddess Nephthys were often placed in burials.
However, in the Late and Ptolemaic period this figure changed
how?
Question 10
1. On the grid systems, gods would hold their sceptres seven
squares in front of their center axis, and goddesses would hold
their papyrus scepters only six squares in front. What was the
reason for this?
Question 11
1. Horus stelae, with images of young Horus standing on
crocodiles and grasping snakes and other dangerous animals in
his grasp, became increasingly common in the Ptolemaic period.
What was their function?
Question 12
1. Statues of men during this period can be divided between
those that are idealizing and those that are realistic. The
realistic ones, likely derived from Hellenistic traditions, were

3. identified how?
Question 13
1. What happened to the temples of Philae at Aswan in the
1960s?
Question 14
1. Sometimes during the Ptolemic period, royal cartouches were
sometimes left blank in periods of disorder. According to our
text, what was the reasoning behind this?
Question 15
1. Well-preserved wooden stelae from this period have a ba, or
the spirit of the deceased, in the form of a
_____________________ placed on top.