Zeus with eagle, clay, pressed into the form, hand modelled, fired (ceramic), clay, Total: Height: 15.1 cm; Width: 9.4 cm; Depth: 4.4 cm, ceramic, gods (classic. Mythology), History of Jupiter (Zeus), High Hellenistic, Late Hellenistic, Early Empire, Middle Empire, A bearded man, whose face is framed by a wreath of leaves, rests casually with his naked upper body on an eagle standing to his left. A cloak is loosely wrapped around the hips and led over the head. The deliberately casual impression is supported by the legs crossed over each other. The positioning of the eagle seems understandable if one thinks of the man as the father of the gods Zeus, whose constant companion is an eagle. The figure belongs to the group of the so-called Fayum terracottas. In Alexandria, the international, Greek-influenced center of Egypt, lived a multicultural society of Egyptians, Orientals, Greeks, Romans, Jews and others, whose different religious ideas gradually merged. Insights into this world of faith are provided by the so-called Fayum terracottas. They are part of the religious household, children's toys, knick-knacks, but also cult symbols, grave goods, pilgrimage images, votive offerings and magical objects for banishing evil forces. They can be found in houses, graves and sanctuaries.
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