Sujet
Gilded heads and bills of ibises, sacred animals to Thoth the god of writing, originally affixed to the bandages of mummified ibises
Légende
Gilded heads and bills of ibises, sacred animals to Thoth the god of writing, originally affixed to the bandages of mummified ibises, During the Ptolemaic and Roman periods the Egyptians moved towards worshipping their deities in animal form. Egypt. Ancient Egyptian. Ptolemaic. Tuna el Gebel, Middle Egypt. Material : Wood covered with gesson or plaster.
Crédit
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Notre référence
UMG12A21_230
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
30,7Mo (634,6Ko) / 35,0cm x 21,9cm / 4134 x 2592 (300dpi)