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Steatite stela
Horus cippus, fragment, inscribed. The god Horus-Cippus holds (is victorious over) snakes and scorpions. On the reverse is a magical inscription.
Height: 8.4 cm
Width: 5.9 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1949) by Gayer-Anderson, Robert Grenville, Major
Ptolemaic Period#
Circa
-332
-
Circa
-30
Accession number: E.GA.108.1949
Primary reference Number: 61838
Oldadmincategory: SA
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Antiquities
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