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Lion Headed Nefertem

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Accession: 48.2314
Dynasty: 21st-30th Dynasty
Date: early 11th-mid 4th century BCE (Third Intermediate-Late Period)
Date range: 1070 BCE – 343 BCE
Materials: ['Egyptian faience with green glaze']
Repository: Walters Art Museum
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Walters Art Museum (Egyptian), Lion Headed Nefertem (48.2314). Egyptian Inscriptions Database. https://egyptianinscriptions.org/object/219995

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Description

<p>The seated figure represents a nude child god. The crown on his head depicts a lotus bud. The opened lotus flower is an attribute of the god Nefertem, the son of the creator god Ptah and the lioness goddess Sakhmet. This variation of Nefertem with a lotus bud is a rare example.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.2314' rel='external'>Lion Headed Nefertem</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>

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Deities Ptah

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Walters-AccNum 48.2314 tier-2
Walters-id 1556 tier-2

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