Omphale figure
Long termed Baubo figures, figures of a woman with legs raised to expose her genitals have recently been identified as Ompahle. Omphale was a figure of Greek mythology whose liaison with Herakles gave her power over the womb and the travails of childbirth and, by extension, over rebirth after death.
Artwork Details
- Title: Omphale figure
- Period: Ptolemaic or Roman Period
- Date: 100 BC–300 AD
- Geography: From Egypt
- Medium: Carnelian
- Dimensions: H. 1.2 × W. 1.2 × D. 0.6 cm (1/2 × 1/2 × 1/4 in.)
- Credit Line: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915
- Object Number: 30.8.346
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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