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Description: | Faience glazed in relief fragment showing the top of Nephthys in adoration. Yellow, blue green and brown glaze. A hole can be seen for suspension of the object. This is part of a pectoral. Pectorals like these, with heart scarabs inserted into them, appear to mimick the temple pylon. Such pylons represented the gateway to new life from Khepri in the form of a scarab would emerge. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Rights holder: | University of Swansea, Egypt Centre | Subjects: | [none] | Source: | Egypt Centre | Identifier: | http://www.egyptcentre.org.uk/index.asp?... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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