Jackal 664–30 Late Period–Ptolemaic Period The canine god Wepwawet, associated with Abydos, is depicted here on the bar of a standard. Raised on a pole the standard of Wepwawet was one of the enigmatic symbols carried in front of the king in certain processions throughout Egyptian history. From the Middle Kingdom such standards became associated with Osiris processions. In front of the god is a balloon-like shape whose meaning is not secure, and behind that are two curvilinear forms representing two rearing uraeus reinforced the age-old power of the symbolic smal
Jackal 664–30 Late Period–Ptolemaic Period The canine god Wepwawet, associated with Abydos, is depicted here on the bar of a standard. Raised on a pole the standard of Wepwawet was one of the enigmatic symbols carried in front of the king in certain processions throughout Egyptian history. From the Middle Kingdom such standards became associated with Osiris processions. In front of the god is a balloon-like shape whose meaning is not secure, and behind that are two curvilinear forms representing two rearing uraeus reinforced the age-old power of the symbolic small example may have been intended as an accoutrement for a small processional Jackal. 664–30 Cupreous metal. Late Period–Ptolemaic Period. From Egypt
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