This ancient bronze statuette showsa composite deity with the attributesof various individual gods:
- the face of the god Bes,
- the twin plumes and the ram horns of Amun’s crown,
- the head of an ibis crowned by the crescent and full moon of Thoth,
- and the wings and falcon tail are related to the god Horus.
Surrounding the statuette are snakesand crocodiles.
There are many more aspects whichrefer to a multitude of divine aspects.
By incorporating these elements intoa single figure, it participated in – or internalised – the divine powers and protected the owner from many evils.
Bronze, H: 25.2 cm, Egypt, ca. 250-100 B.C., Walters Art Museum, 54.540. CC0 1.0
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