Inlay depicting the squatting god Anhur (Onuris) facing right, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 4th century B.C., From Egypt; Possibly from Middle Egypt, Hermopolis (Ashmunein; Khemenu), Faience, H. 8.3 cm (3 1/4 in.); W. 3.6 cm (1 7/16 in.); D. 1.3 cm (1/2 in.), This small crouching figure is the god Onuris. He is distinguished by his crown of four upright feathers.Originally he held a scepter in the fist on his knee. The king Nectanebo II incorporated into his royal names epithets relating him to the god Onuris
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Inlay depicting, squatting god Anhur, Onuris, facing right, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 4th century B.C, Egypt, Middle Egypt, Hermopolis, Ashmunein, Khemenu, Faience, H, 8.3 cm, 3 1/4, W, 3.6, 1 7/16, D, 1.3, 1/2, small, crouching, figure, god Onuris, distinguished, crown, four upright, feathers.Originally, held, scepter, fist, knee, king Nectanebo, II, incorporated, royal names, epithets, relating
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