Omphale figure, Ptolemaic or Roman Period, 100 BC–300 AD, From Egypt, Carnelian, H. × W. × D. cm (1/2 × 1/2 × 1/4

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Omphale figure, Ptolemaic or Roman Period, 100 BC–300 AD, From Egypt, Carnelian, H. × W. × D. cm (1/2 × 1/2 × 1/4 in.), Long termed Baubo figures, figures of a woman with legs raised to expose her genitals have recently been identified as Ompahle. Omphale was a figure of Greek mythology whose liaison with Herakles gave her power over the womb and the travails of childbirth and, by extension, over rebirth after death

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