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The Ophidian Iconography Quest (Mundus Vetus & Mundus Novus, 2004 - present) |
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| Figure NAM-can-008. The personification of infinity (eternity) and god of "millions of years" Heh holding a solar disc above his head and flanked by two confronted rearing uraeus hooded cobras, each holding an ankh (ideograph of "life", crux ansata in later Coptic Christian tradition) and sitting on a basket symbolising "all" of universality; bunches of heraldic plants (three central intact and flowering, and two lateral - budding and broken): papyrus of the Lower Egypt and lily of the Upper Egypt. |
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| Polychrome paint, plaster, wood | Painting (Coffin's floor- board, painted decoration, detail) |
Unknown | Third Intermediate Period, XXI Dynasty, Amenemope (r. 1001-992 BC), 1000 BC | TBD, Egypt | Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Inventory № ? |
| Source-Image(s): The image(s) is/are from Alexei Alexeev's personal photo archive (The First* Canadian Expedition, 6-8 September 2015, 20-21 May 2017, 1-3 September 2017, 23-24 September 2018). All artefacts will be available for viewing in the Compendium's respective volumes after the completion of the fully integrated iconographic database. Some of the artefacts will be represented by several figures (offering a general view and details). |
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