Egyptian Wood Sculpture of the goddess Anouket . Louvre Museum N3534. Anouket (cow-eared goddess, head of, pierced ears, Crown of Anouket). Inscrib

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Egyptian Wood Sculpture of the goddess Anouket . Louvre Museum N3534. Anouket (cow-eared goddess, head of, pierced ears, Crown of Anouket). Inscribed : Pached (servant in the Place of Truth) and Anoukis Height: cm; Width: cm; Depth: cm. Sully room 336. Anuket was the ancient Egyptian goddess of the cataracts of the Nile and Lower Nubia in general, worshipped especially at Elephantine near the First Cataract. Anuket was usually depicted as a woman with a headdress of either reed or ostrich feathers She was usually depicted as holding a sceptre topped with an ankh, and her sacred animal was the gazelle. She was also shown suckling the pharaoh through the New Kingdom and became a goddess of lust in later years.

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Size: 4364px × 6000px
Location: Louvre Museum
Photo credit: © funkyfood London - Paul Williams / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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