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slab
Basalt slab inscribed with Greek magical gnostic names. From Nisibis, Mesopotamia.
slab
Marble slab, inscribed with signs of the Zodiac, from ruins of Dara, Mesopotamia.
Heart.Scarab
The scarab beetle was the symbol of the god Khopri and represeented new life and resurrection. Ordinary scarabs, or paste or stone, were simply seals and were worn as amulets by everybody in later times. Scarabs were also used as amulets on mummies…
figure ram
Figure of a ram in brown glazed ware, ring for suspension. Reid (1912): 'The ram was sacred to Khnemu, god of Elephantine, and to Amen, god of Thebes. It was also worshipped at Mendes.'
figure lion
Figure of a lion, couchant, ring for suspension, in green glazed ware.
figure ibis
Figure of Ibis.
Ta.Urt figure
Figure of Ta-Urt in green glazed ware.
figure ape
Figure of an ape, Hapi, in marble.
Ta.Urt figure
Figure of Ta-Urt, in blue glazed ware.
figure Osiris
Figure of Osiris, in bronze, ring for suspension, wearing atef-crown and holding the crook and flail.