Polymorphic deity, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 B.C., From Egypt, Faience, H. 3.4 × W. 1.5 × D. 2.5 cm (1 5/16 × 9/16 × 1 in.), Polymorphic deities combine a given deity's form with often animal elements from other deities. Here the dwarf-like body of Pataikos is combined with a ram's head and has a falcon's back. The proliferation of representations of polymorphic deities, is a phenomenon of the first millennium
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Polymorphic deity, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 B.C, Egypt, Faience, H, 3.4, W, 1.5, D, 2.5 cm, 1 5/16, 9/16, 1, deities, combine, given, form, animal elements, deities, dwarf, body, Pataikos, combined, ram, head, falcon, back, proliferation, representations, polymorphic, phenomenon, first millennium
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