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MYTHOLOGICAL ANIMALS

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Book of the Dead: The papyrus of Hunefer. Above Hunefer kneeling before a table of offerings in adoration, in presence of fourteen gods, seated in order of judges. Below the Judgement, or weighing of the conscience; the jakal-headed Anubis examines the pointer of the balance, wherein the heart (conscience) of the deceased is being weighed against the feather of Maat, symbolical of law or of right and truth; on the left a jakal-headed deity is leading the deceased by the left hand. On the right are the monster Ammut, the Devourer, and the Ibis-headed God Thoth, the scibe of the Gods, who notes down the result of the trial. On the right Hunefer is ushered by Horus into the presence of the God Osiris enthroned within a shrine. Behind him are Isis and Nephtys. In front a lotus flower on which stand the four children of Horus, or gods of the cardinal points. New Kingdom (19th Dynasty). EA9901
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Book of the Dead: The papyrus of Hunefer. Above Hunefer kneeling before a table...

Book of the Dead: Papyrus of Heruben. (Book of the Dead - collection of funerary spells usually written on papyrus and placed with the deceased in the tomb). Depiction of two uraneus cobras, devine bull, wing of Horus or Nechbet (?), eye of Sungod Ra and woman with perfume cone.
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Book of the Dead: Papyrus of Heruben. (Book of the Dead - collection of funerar...

Coptic textile (linen and wool) showing a nilometer. Nereids and putti are depicted on both sides of the nilometer - monuments destined to measure the water level of the river Nile. Antinopolis, Egypt; 7th-8th century CE. E 28990
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Coptic textile (linen and wool) showing a nilometer. Nereids and putti are depi...

North portal of the Baouit-chapel. Carved stone, Corinthian capitals. The lintel is acacia-,tamarisk- and fig-wood. H:250 cm E 16985
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North portal of the Baouit-chapel. Carved stone, Corinthian capitals. The lint...

North portal of the Baouit-chapel. Carved stone, Corinthian capitals. The lintel is acacia-,tamarisk- and fig-wood. H:250 cm E 16985 Detail of 08-01-22/33
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North portal of the Baouit-chapel. Carved stone, Corinthian capitals. The lint...

Coptic textile,fabulous animal. 10 x 11 cm
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Coptic textile,fabulous animal. 10 x 11 cm

Textile,showing Artemis and Aktaion, from Akhmin,Egypt, Coptic Period, 4th.The use of large-scale figures suggests that this was a wall-hanging rather than something to be worn. The pointed hat of the man is of Asiatic origin and denotes heroic or divine statue. Artemis has a bow and quiver. The pose of the figures and the stress of the whites of the eyes are distinctly Coptic. The borders are floral patterns surrounding dancers. EA, 43049
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Textile,showing Artemis and Aktaion, from Akhmin,Egypt, Coptic Period, 4th.The...

"Head of the colossal sphinx", Egypt, around 1801. From "Views in Egypt, Palestine and other parts of the Ottoman Empire", London 1801 - 1804. ID: 762.h.2, pp 22-23
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"Head of the colossal sphinx", Egypt, around 1801. From "Views in Egypt, Palest...

Clay mask of the demon Humbaba, 1800-1600 BCE. One method for predicting the future in ancient Mesopotamia was the study of the shape and colour of the internal organs of a sacrificed animal. A cuneiform inscription on the back of this mask suggests that the intestines have the shape of Humbaba's face. Humbaba was the guardian of the Cedar forest and was defeated by Gilgamesh and Enkidu. The divination expert who made the mask is named in the inscription as Warad-Marduk. The mask was founs at Sippar, the cult center for the sun-god Shamash. ANE 116624
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Clay mask of the demon Humbaba, 1800-1600 BCE. One method for predicting the fut...

Stone bowl from Khafajeh, Iraq, Early Dynastic period, c2600-c2400 BC. The carving on this vessel is particularly fine. The design is probably linked to Iranian mythology. A man in a net skirt kneels on two humped-backed bulls, or zebus, standing back to back, and grasps streams watering vegetation and a palm tree; above are two undulating lines, a crescent moon and a rosette sun. A similar figure with a rosette grasps two snakes and stands between two felines lying back to back. A lion and eagle attack a bull with a small animal below. The zebus are not native to Mesopotamia, and their presence here indicates a connection with the civilization which was developing at this time along the Indus Valley in Pakistan and north-west India. This vessel was found in Mesopotamia on a major trade route though the mountains on to the Iranian plateau. ANE, 128887
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Stone bowl from Khafajeh, Iraq, Early Dynastic period, c2600-c2400 BC. The carvi...

Centaur and fish 244-245 CE; ceiling of the large hall of the synagogue, Salhiyé (ancient Dura Europos), Syria Terracotta; H.: 45cm; W.: 36cm AO 18199
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Centaur and fish 244-245 CE; ceiling of the large hall of the synagogue, Salhiy...

Falcon-headed sphinx from the large temple of Ramses II at Abu Simbel. Limestone; 1279-1217 BCE, New Kingdom (19th dynasty). See also 08-01-21/36
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Falcon-headed sphinx from the large temple of Ramses II at Abu Simbel. Limestone...