Gateway to a shrine, preceded by two baboons, Ptolemaic Period, 332–30 B.C., Probably from Egypt, Faience, H. 9 × W. 6 × D. 7 cm (3 9/16 × 2 3/8 × 2 3/4 in.), This delicate faience model depicts the essential elements of a shrine or entryway to a sacred space. Two baboons are placed at either side of a formal gateway, and, passing through the doorway, the inner room of a shrine is represented by two slender columns on a platform
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Gateway, shrine, preceded, two baboons, Ptolemaic Period, 332–30 B.C, Egypt, Faience, H, 9, W, 6, D, 7 cm, 3 9/16, 2 3/8, 3/4, delicate, faience, model, depicts, essential elements, entryway, sacred space, Two, placed, side, formal gateway, passing, doorway, inner room, represented, slender, columns, platform
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