Priapos standing in graceful pose wearing a heavy cloak which he is pulling up with the right hand to show his naked lower body.
A hole on the belly where a large penis was inserted.
The ithyphallic god of fertility wears a veil surmounted by a modius.
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Rare head of Isis-Demeter showing chubby features, beady eyes and purse lips. A Venus ring along the neck. The Severan style melon hairdo is carefully braided. The goddess is wearing a veil and large earrings.
Over her head the solar disk and a grain ear between two cow’s horns, all emerging from a couple of leafs. These are attributes of Isis-Demeter, the goddess of vegetation and fertility.
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Finely modeled Egyptian terracotta head with caricatural features, the face showing wide open eyes under arched eyebrows, a prominent nose, fleshy lips and protruding ears.
The head is a depiction of an ugly slave and fits into the grotesque tradition of Hellenistic art; the present head however is a Roman imperial development.
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Mummyform shabti with with expressive features wearing a tripartite wig and a false beard. The crossed hands holding pick and flail. A small seed bag suspended over the figure’s left shoulder.
The shabti is standing on a pedestal and provided with a rudimentary back pillar.
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Rare portrayal of Harpokrates seated on a throne. The god is depicted as a child with well delineated crisp features; an enormous stippled floral wreath rests on his head.
The throne is richly decorated with turned legs and detailed foot-chair. On the side a square pillar providing support to a round pot hold by Harpokrates with his left arm. The pot still shows remains of red pigment; it is like the cornucopia a s ...click for details
Egyptian pottery basket with slightly flattened base. The outside with impressed decoration to look like a stylized flower.
The piece may have been used as a loom weight.
For an undecorated example in the Petrie Museum cf. museum no. UC19322
Ceramic
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Wooden head of a cobra wearing a solar disk. The head with impressive eyes and vertical notches to render the cleft lip and the nostrils.
The uraeus is associated to the Pharaoh and spits poison towards his enemies. Such heads used to be attached to wooden shrines for their magical protection.
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Pristine Egyptian mirror with almost round disk. The tang stepped at the joint to the disk, the spur with one gouged side.
The average thickness of 5 mm gives the piece a weight of 662 g.
For a closely related mirror cf. no. 778 in: J. Vandier d’Abbadie. Catalogue des objets de toilette égyptiens au Musée du Louvre. Paris 1972.
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Striped Coptic cross created with interwoven thick black wool running along the weft underneath.
On both sides groups of three colored threads with frayed ends.
Wool on linen
Egypt, Coptic Period, ca. 5th-8th century AD
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Head from a faience amulet of Ptah the Dwarf shown with bald head, which is square in shape. The face with nicely swung eyes and a broad grin.
Ptah the Dwarf, also known under the Greek name Pataikos, was considered a protector of children.
For a comparable head, cf. item no. UC45388 in the Petrie Museum Catalogue.
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