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The Ophidian Iconography Quest (Mundus Vetus & Mundus Novus, 2004 - present) |
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| Figure NAM-can-013. The apotropaic Eye of Ra as a winged solar disc flanked by two addorsed rearing uraeus hooded cobras with the solar discs atop; pharaoh wearing the pschent (sekhemti) (Double Crown of Unified Egypt) decorated with the rearing uraeus hooded cobra and offering two containers of incense as a thanksgiving to the patron gods of the city of Akhmim: Kolanthes (?), Min, and the goddess of health, marriage, and wisdom Isis (?) wearing a vulture headdress and the composite Hathor's crown (solar disc between the cow's horns), decorated with the rearing uraeus hooded cobra. |
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| Limestone | Sunken relief (Commemorative stele, carved deco-ration, detail) |
Royal workshops | Ptolemaic, 110-90 BC |
Akhmim, Central Egypt |
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Inventory № 958.221.3 |
| Source-Image(s): The image(s) is/are from Alexei Alexeev's personal photo archive (The First* Canadian Expedition, 6-8 September 2015, 20-21 May 2017, 1-3 September 2017, 23-24 September 2018). All artefacts will be available for viewing in the Compendium's respective volumes after the completion of the fully integrated iconographic database. Some of the artefacts will be represented by several figures (offering a general view and details). |
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