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Intaglio: Uterine Symbol with Egyptian Deities
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Hematite intaglio with uterine symbols and Egyptian deities. On the one side, a uterus with a key at the entrance (locking it), and small depictions of Isis, Osiris, and Chnoubis above. There are characters in the field around the uterus (possibly vowels); the whole scene is within an ouroboros and surrounded by an inscription, possibly the Soroor-Logos. Chipped around the edges. On the other side is a Greek inscription in three lines surrounded by a beveled edge.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Eleftherios Sossidi Hamburg (between 1955-65 - 1990's) sold; [through Sotheby's sale 7742 New York December 7 2001 lot 314]; to The Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection Department of the Classics Harvard University (2001-2012) transfer; to the Harvard Art Museums 2012.
Note: E. Sossidi (1913-1992) worked in Cairo from 1958-1968.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Transfer from the Alice Corinne McDaniel Collection Department of the Classics Harvard University
Title: Intaglio: Uterine Symbol with Egyptian Deities
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Hematite intaglio with uterine symbols and Egyptian deities.
On the one side, a uterus with a key at the entrance (locking it), and small depictions of Isis, Osiris, and Chnoubis above.
There are characters in the field around the uterus (possibly vowels); the whole scene is within an ouroboros and surrounded by an inscription, possibly the Soroor-Logos.
Chipped around the edges.
On the other side is a Greek inscription in three lines surrounded by a beveled edge.
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