Photograph taken April 2018 while on temporary exhibit “Beyond the Nile” at the Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA.
From Label: Relief with a Roman Emperor as Pharaoh Romano-Egyptian. AD 80-200 Limestone
Within a shrine topped by a frieze of cobras, an unnamed Roman emperor in the guise of a pharaoh approaches the hawk headed god Re-Horakhty. The pharaoh presents a basket containing the figure of Maat, Egyptian personification of world order. Above them is the winged griffin of Nemesis, Greek goddess of divine justice. These symbols convey the ruler’s power and responsibility to maintain lawfulness and cosmic harmony.
Permanently housed: Allard Pierson Museum, Archaeological Museum of the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands Accession No.: 7764 EX.2018.4 115
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