Lot Essay
The ichneumon was sacred to the goddess Wadjet and was invaluable in killing snakes.
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A BRONZE FIGURE OF A STANDING ICHNEUMON
6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
The deified animal with stippled coat, wearing a uraeus, crown of uraei, sun disc and cow's horns, its paws raised in adoration, standing on a papyrus umbel, a chased hieroglyphic inscription at the top of the column underneath its tail reading:"May Wadjet give life to Tadiamen", tip of left ear and paw missing, mounted
7 in. (17.8 cm.) high
6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
The deified animal with stippled coat, wearing a uraeus, crown of uraei, sun disc and cow's horns, its paws raised in adoration, standing on a papyrus umbel, a chased hieroglyphic inscription at the top of the column underneath its tail reading:"May Wadjet give life to Tadiamen", tip of left ear and paw missing, mounted
7 in. (17.8 cm.) high
Exhibited
Le Don du Nil, pp. 91-91, pl. 334, no. 334.