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Plaster head of Hathor | |
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Title/s | Plaster head of Hathor |
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Description | Hathor, head, part. This plaster head was probably used as a model. Hathor appears both as a cow and as a cow-headed human. Her face was used on a type of column within chapels and temples dedicated to her. Hathor, like Isis, was associated with the mother of the King of Egypt. |
Field Collection | Egypt |
Dimensions |
length 17
cm |
Period | |
Date | circa 332 B.C. — 30 B.C. |
Provenance | bequeathed: Gayer-Anderson, R.G. (Major) 1943 (Filtered for: Antiquities) |
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Accession Number | E.GA.3072.1943 (Antiquities) |
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