This is a bronze seated figure of a moon god, shown in human form with a tripartite wig, uraeus, moon crescent and disc, surmounted by an Atef-Crown of ram's horns, a central element, 2 ostrich feathers and two crowned uraei. The disc supported at the back by a narrow pill.
Moon God Figurine
Contributed by The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
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- Location
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Egypt
- Culture
- Period
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26th Dynasty to the Ptolemaic Period
- Theme
- Size
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- H:
- 13.7cm
- W:
- 2.5cm
- Colour
- Material
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