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Nude (or perhaps clothed) goddess standing on a striding
lion. She wears a belt and long beads (?), Hathor-style coiffure, and
unusual crown. With her arms in the V position, she holds two goat-like
animals and is clearly a "mistress of the animals. " Flanking
her are two gods holding Egyptian scepters and wearing long kilts. The
one on her left has a tall cap of a Egypto-Canaanite type. The other's
headdress seems to be feathers (Egyptian?), and he might be ithyphallic.
(See note 10) Perhaps they represent Egyptian Min on her right and Canaanite
Reshep(h) on her left. Impression of a haematite Cypriote cylinder seal.
College of France, Cyprus.
Drawing © S. Beaulieu, after Cornelius 2004: Plate 5.11 |