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Limestone cobra
Cobra head, of goddess. Possibly a model. Glass inlay survives in one eye. The cobra protected the royal family and was worn on the brow or placed above doorways.
Height: 11.5 cm
Width: 10.5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1943) by Gayer-Anderson, Robert Grenville, Major
Ptolemaic Period#
Circa
-0332
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Circa
-0030
Carved : Painted
Accession number: E.GA.4536.1943
Primary reference Number: 58987
Oldadmincategory: SU
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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