Title
Detail of part of the Two Dogs Palette (front detail)
Caption
Detail of part of the Two Dogs Palette (front detail), For the Egyptians the deserts bordering the Nile valley were the home of wild animals and mythical beasts and represented chaos. Detail showing a griffin and a jackal or a man wearing a jackal mask, playing the flute. Egypt. Ancient Egyptian. late Predynastic c 2990 BC. Nekhen (Hierakonpolis).
Info+
Werner Forman Archive/Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Credit line
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Reference
UMG12A20_049
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
22,9Mb (2,2Mb) / 8,7in x 10,3in / 2598 x 3085 (300dpi)