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PROPERTY FROM A GERMAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE RELIEF
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 304-30 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE RELIEF
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 304-30 B.C.
Sculpted in sunk relief, the sky goddess Nut to the left arching over a horizontal line representing Geb, the earth god, and the god Khepri, in the form of a scarab beetle, a lion to the right with its right forepaw raised, representing Horakhty, and Isis seated to the right, looking left, all on a groundline, the upper portion of a hieroglyphic inscription below
19 in. (48.2 cm.) wide
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 304-30 B.C.
Sculpted in sunk relief, the sky goddess Nut to the left arching over a horizontal line representing Geb, the earth god, and the god Khepri, in the form of a scarab beetle, a lion to the right with its right forepaw raised, representing Horakhty, and Isis seated to the right, looking left, all on a groundline, the upper portion of a hieroglyphic inscription below
19 in. (48.2 cm.) wide
Provenance
with Charles Ede, London, 1979 (Small Sculpture from Ancient Egypt, vol. VII, no. 6).
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