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The Ophidian Iconography Quest (Mundus Vetus & Mundus Novus, 2004 - present) |
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| Figure NAF-egy-010. Addorsed rearing uraeus hooded cobras wearing the hedjet (White Crown of Upper Egypt) and deshret (Red Crown of Lower Egypt), and flanking shen cartouches; the rearing uraeus hooded cobra with the solar disc atop placed inside a niche of the decorative shrine resting on the human-bovine head of the goddess Hathor. |
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Artist/Workshop: | Historical/Art Period, Date: |
Location: | Monument: |
| Limestone | Sunken relief (Roof Chapel, colon-nade, figural sistra-form capitals, carved decoration, in situ) |
Royal workshops | Ptolemaic, Ptolemy XII Auletes (r. 80-58/55-51 BC)/ Roman Imperial, Tiberius (r. 14-37 AD), 54 BC-37 AD |
Dendera Temple Complex, Dendera, Qena, Central Egypt | Temple of Hathor |
| Source-Image(s): The image(s) is/are from Alexei Alexeev's personal photo archive (The First Egyptian Expedition, 5-19 March 2006). 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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