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Description: | Oval faience plaque. Obverse: 2 baboon-headed figures (cynocephali) on 'neb' signs, flanked by royal cobras (uraei) wearing the crown of Upper and Lower Egypt, respectively; below, a crocodile. Reverse: a jackal, crocodile, and the boat of the sun-god, with a wavy line around the sides. Green glaze now going yellow and white, very soft.
Objects 6461 to 6467 were found together.
Site: Sanam cemetery, Napata, Nubia
Context: 432
Dating: 25th - 26th Dynasty
Excavation: 1912-13 Oxford Excavations in Nubia
Received: 1921
Other Information: Liv. Ann. X, pl. Li, 3
Technique: Glazed, Material: Faience, Glaze | Source: | Manchester Museum | Identifier: | mm.emu.ecatalogue.humanities.106636 | Go to resource |
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