Consulter la cote et le prix de A BRONZE FIGURE OF SATET, 25TH/26TH DYNASTY, 750-525 B.C.,
Description : goddess of the region of the First Cataract, striding ona rectangular base, and wearing a long close-fittingdress, broad collar, and the Crown of Upper Egypt flankedby antelope horns. Cf. Baltimore, Egyptian Sculpture, no. 558,and Georges Daressy, Catalogue général desantiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire, vol.28: Statues de divinités, Cairo, 1905, pl. 49, no.38988.Satet's "temple at Elephantine is situated at thepoint at which the first waters of the annual Nileinundation would be heard before the flood itself becamevisible. This geographical situation would perhaps haveemphasized the aspects of her role relating to fertility.In her function as protectress of the southern border shewas considered to repel Egypt's enemies with her arrows"(British Museum, Dictionary of Ancient Egypt, pp.253-254).
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n° 210 Titre : A BRONZE FIGURE OF SATET, 25TH/26TH DYNASTY, 750-525 B.C., Sotheby's, Salle de vente
, New York, US🔓Accès libre sans carte bancaire. Titre de la vente : Egyptian, Classical, and Western Asiatic Antiquities and Islamic Works of Art Date de la vente : 13/06/2002🔓Accès libre sans carte bancaire. Référence de l'enchère
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