Egyptian line drawing of Seshat

An image of To be identified. Seshat, line drawing. Production Place: Egypt. Wood, depth 0.025 m, height 0.1875 m, width 0.0765 m. Notes: Seshat, under various spellings, was the ancient Egyptian goddess of wisdom, knowledge, and writing.

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To be identified. Seshat, line drawing. Production Place: Egypt. Wood, depth 0.025 m, height 0.1875 m, width 0.0765 m. Notes: Seshat, under various spellings, was the ancient Egyptian goddess of wisdom, knowledge, and writing.

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Accession Number: E.GA.4328.1943
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Photographer name: Mark Box
Image height: 1025 pixels
Image width: 522 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 424.39kB
Exposure time: 1/17
ISO Speed: 50
Captured: 2012:01:20 12:16:07

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antiquity belief drawing Egyptian Faith female figurative figures Fitz_ANT goddess gods line drawing religion scribe Seshat woman wood wooden

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