Composite Figure of Amen-Re

mid 3rd-2nd century BCE (Ptolemaic)

8.7 cm 14 cm 4.4 cm

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Representations of pantheistic deities became very popular in the Late and Greco-Roman periods. They combine different divine aspects to provide the donator of such an image with all possible protection and support. The magical function of these representations is well-known a...

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Giovanni Dattari, Cairo, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Lambros-Dattari Sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, 1912, June 17-19, 1912, p. 48, no. 418; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1912, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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