Lot 42
42
HATHOR, BES AND DAIMON Mosaic Glass technique 3rd-1st Century B.C.
HALF FACE OF THE GODDESS HATHOR, opaque turquoise, red, white and yellow, translucent blue and amethyst canes, the cow-eared goddess wearing an alternating horizontal striped and cruciform floral headdress surmounted by a striped cavetto shrine; above her shoulder rises a cobra wearing the double crown of Egypt

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HALF FACE OF THE GODDESS HATHOR, opaque turquoise, red, white and yellow, translucent blue and amethyst canes, the cow-eared goddess wearing an alternating horizontal striped and cruciform floral headdress surmounted by a striped cavetto shrine; above her shoulder rises a cobra wearing the double crown of Egypt
3rd-1st Century B.C.
2.5 x 2.0cm., 0.2cm. thick

Lot Essay

The cow's ears and the shrine headdress suggest this is a portrayal of the goddess Hathor, the turquoise green face perhaps reflecting her role as the nurturer of mankind. In the New Kingdom she is sometimes shown in a tree, cf. especially one of her titles at Memphis in the Late Period as "Hathor under her Moringa (sycamore) tree"

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