Wadjet (?) Figure
Ptolemaic Period
This example is uninscribed, but study has shown that seated lion-headed females in the Late Period appear to represent Wadjet rather than another lion headed goddess.
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Ptolemaic Period
This example is uninscribed, but study has shown that seated lion-headed females in the Late Period appear to represent Wadjet rather than another lion headed goddess.
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Title: Wadjet (?) Figure
Period: Ptolemaic Period
Date: 332–30 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Memphite Region, Memphis (Mit Rahina), Egyptian Antiquities Service, found July 1909
Medium: Leaded bronze
Dimensions: H. as mounted: 38.5 cm (15 3/16 in.)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1910
Object Number: 10.175.134
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