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Accession_Number 2009.9.58
Shape Gem cast
Shape_description Oval
Material Latex
Fabric
Fabric_description Red
Munsell_color
Decoration A figure with a baboon's torso and a male human's body bedding over a lying sphinx from behind. Probably alluding to the Egyptian God Thot.
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Condition Intact
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Front view of a gem cast showing a figure with a baboon's torso and a male human's body bedding over a lying sphinx from behind. Probably alluding to the Egyptian God Thot.
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Handle_height
Other_dims. H 3.5 W 4.6
Location 10.2
Edited_by Stefanie Ulrich; Joana Varela
Date_edited 02/09/2009; 18.04.2017
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