Omphale figure 100 BC–300 AD Ptolemaic or Roman Period 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 Omphale figure. 100 BC–300 AD. Faience. Ptolemaic or Roman Period. From Egypt

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