Inlay depicting the squatting god Re, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 4th century B.C., From Egypt; Possibly from Middle Egypt, Hermopolis (Ashmunein; Khemenu), Faience, H. 8.2 cm (3 1/4 in.); W. 4.2 cm (1 5/8 in.); D. 1.4 cm (9/16 in.), This small crouching falcon-headed figure is the god Re. He wears a sun-disk as a crown. 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 Re
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Inlay depicting, squatting god Re, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 4th century B.C, Egypt, Middle Egypt, Hermopolis, Ashmunein, Khemenu, Faience, H, 8.2 cm, 3 1/4, W, 4.2, 1 5/8, D, 1.4, 9/16, small, crouching, falcon-headed, figure, god, wears, sun-disk, crown, Originally, held, scepter, fist, knee, king Nectanebo, II, incorporated, royal names, epithets, relating
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