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Plaster head of Hathor
Hathor, head, part. This plaster head was probably used as a model. Hathor appears both as a cow and as a cow-headed human. Her face was used on a type of column within chapels and temples dedicated to her. Hathor, like Isis, was associated with the mother of the King of Egypt.
Length: 17 cm
Width: 18 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1943) by Gayer-Anderson, R. G. (Major)
Ptolemaic Period
Circa
-332
-
Circa
-30
Accession number: E.GA.3072.1943
Primary reference Number: 57502
Oldadmincategory: SU
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Plaster head of Hathor" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/57502 Accessed: 2024-12-23 04:04:50
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