Fragment with Personifications of Victory and the Nile, 6th century, Made in probably Egypt, Byzantine, Ivory, Overall: 1 7/8 x 4 9/16 x 9/16 in. (4.7 x 11.6 x 1.4 cm), Ivories, These fragments may once have formed a single ivory celebrating the annual flooding of the Nile River. The Nike (personification of victory), holding a wreath, and the long-haired man (personification of the river) are surrounded by erotes, small childlike figures who in Egypt symbolized the number of feet that the river rose each year
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Fragment, Personifications, Victory, Nile, 6th century, Egypt, Byzantine, Ivory, Overall, 1 7/8 x 4 9/16 9/16, 4.7 11.6 1.4 cm, Ivories, fragments, formed, single ivory, celebrating, annual flooding, Nile River, Nike, personification, victory, holding, wreath, long-haired man, river, surrounded, erotes, small childlike, figures, Egypt symbolized, number, feet, river rose, year
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