Omphale figure, Ptolemaic or Roman Period, 100 BC–300 AD, From Egypt, Carnelian, H. 1.2 × W. 1.2 × D. 0.6 cm (1/2 × 1/2 × 1/4 in.), Long termed Baubo figures, figures of a woman with legs raised to expose her genitals have recently been identified as Ompahle. Omphale was a figure of Greek mythology whose liaison with Herakles gave her power over the womb and the travails of childbirth and, by extension, over rebirth after death
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Omphale figure, Ptolemaic, Roman Period, 100 BC–300 AD, Egypt, Carnelian, H, 1.2, W, D, 0.6 cm, 1/2, 1/4, Long termed, Baubo, figures, woman, legs raised, expose, genitals, recently, identified, Ompahle, Omphale, figure, Greek mythology, liaison, Herakles gave, power, womb, travails, childbirth, extension, rebirth, death
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