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| Limestone relief of an owl |  |
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From a relief a hieroglyphic relief. This sizeable fragmnet is carved in sunk relief, the bird facing to the right face turned towards us. Certain species of birds occur in almost no other context than as a hieroglyphic sign. For the Egyptians the owl had no connotation of wisdom or ill-luck: it was the form by which the alphabetic hieroglyph “m” was written and when the bird is depicted in isolation that is what it represents, although it can be seen in the company of other denizens of the marshes in tomb scenes.
Late Dynastic Period. 664-332 BC Provenance. Private collection France, acquired prior to 1980 |
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