Sujet
Bronze figure of an oxyrhynchus, the fish said to have eaten the phallus of Osiris when Seth dismembered the god and cast his body in the Nile
Légende
Bronze figure of an oxyrhynchus, the fish said to have eaten the phallus of Osiris when Seth dismembered the god and cast his body in the Nile, The fish, depicted here wearing the uraeus crown and with kneeling votary, was sacred in the town of Oxyrhynchus, capital of the 19th Nome of Upper Egypt. Egypt. Ancient Egyptian. Late period c 6th 4 th century, BC.
Info+
Werner Forman Archive/Sold at Christie's, 1998
Crédit
Photo12/Universal Images Group/Werner Forman
Notre référence
UMG12A19_424
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
25,8Mo (1,9Mo) / 30,0cm x 21,6cm / 3543 x 2548 (300dpi)