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The Ophidian Iconography Quest (Mundus Vetus & Mundus Novus, 2004 - present) |
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| Figure NAF-egy-011. Frieze of twenty-three rearing uraeus hooded cobras with the solar discs atop; the apotropaic Eye of Ra as a winged solar disc flanked by two addorsed rearing uraeus hooded cobras; two confronted rearing uraeus hooded cobras wearing the deshret (Red Crown of Lower Egypt) and hedjet (White Crown of Upper Egypt) sitting atop and coiled around the stems of their respective heraldic plants: papyrus and lily; the scene of the divine marriage of the supreme king of the gods, "concealed", "invisible", universal god-creator or the wind god Amon and goddess Hathor and birth of their child Ihy, the god of the ecstasy of playing the sistrum, with some participants' headdresses decorated with the rearing uraeus hooded cobras. |
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| Limestone | High and sunken relief (East façade, intercolumnar wall, carved decoration, in situ) |
Royal workshops | Roman Imperial, Augustus (Octavian) (r. 27 BC-14 AD), Tiberius (r. 14-37 AD), 27 BC-37 AD | Dendera Temple Complex, Dendera, Qena, Central Egypt | Mammisi (Birth House) |
| 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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