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Pectoral with Sacred Bovine Head

Beneath a canopy of uraei supported by Hathoric columns, the serene face of a sacred bovine emerges from an ornate aegis collar. Crowned with a solar disk, long horns and curling feathers, the animal is flanked by rearing cobras bearing disks and horns of their own. Cows & Bulls in Ancient Egypt The pectoral belongs...

Statuette of Osiris, dedicated by Padihorpare

This richly decorated statuette presents Osiris in his traditional mummiform guise, crowned with tall plumes and holding the crook and flail of kingship. His face, divine beard, collar, pectoral and regalia were enriched with gold leaf, lending the figure a once luminous appearance. A delicate bead-net pattern covers the upper body, while a falcon enfolds...