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The Ophidian Iconography Quest (Mundus Vetus & Mundus Novus, 2004 - present) |
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| Figure NAF-egy-019. The apotropaic Eyes of Ra as two winged solar discs, each flanked by two addorsed rearing uraeus hooded cobras. |
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| Nubian sandstone, polychrome paint (traces) | High relief (Pronaos, façade, cavetto cornice, carved decoration, painted, detail, in situ) |
Royal workshops | Ptolemaic, Ptolemy VIII Euer-getes II Physcon (r. 169-164/144-131/126-116 BC) 140-124 BC |
Edfu Temple Complex, Edfu, Aswan, South Egypt |
Temple of Horus, Hathor, Harsomtus |
| 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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