feb 7, 300 BC - Magical Stela, Cippus of Horus
Description:
360-343 BCE - Ptolemaic Period EgymptThis small stela is representative of the genre of Egyptian art known as the cippus (plural, cippi) or magical stela. An image of the infant Horus on the front beneath a Bes-image is shown subduing dangerous animals. The Metternich Stela (acc. 50.85) is the largest and most elaborate example of the genre.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/545766
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Date:
feb 7, 300 BC
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~ 2328 years ago