Egyptian scent bottle, in form of a composite deity

An image of Cosmetic equipment. Scent bottle, in form of Taweret-Sakhmet-Sobek composite deity. The goddess taweret protected women during childbirth. This figure of her has a crocodile on its back. Production Place: Egypt. Find Spot: Egypt. Diorite, carved, circa 116- circa 30 B.C. Late Period Ptolemaic.

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Cosmetic equipment. Scent bottle, in form of Taweret-Sakhmet-Sobek composite deity. The goddess taweret protected women during childbirth. This figure of her has a crocodile on its back. Production Place: Egypt. Find Spot: Egypt. Diorite, carved, circa 116- circa 30 B.C. Late Period Ptolemaic.

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Accession Number: E.GA.4573.1943
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Camera: Hasselblad H3DII-31
Photographer name: Jaymes Sinclair
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Image width: 768 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 245.33kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 27/1

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