A SANDSTONE TEMPLE RELIEF
A SANDSTONE TEMPLE RELIEF

PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 304-30 B.C.

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A SANDSTONE TEMPLE RELIEF
ptolemaic period, 304-30 b.c.
Depicting a train of three unusual deities facing left, including the goddess Hekat as a frog, the god Khnum as a ram, and a lioness goddess, either Sekhmet or Bastet, an illegible column of inscription over each god, with extensive traces of gesso to which the paint was originally applied
20 in. (52.7 cm.) wide
Provenance
Kofler Collection, Lucerne

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