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| Keywords: Egyptian - Relief with Onuris-Shu - Walters 22120.jpg Here the god Onuris-Shu holds an ankh the hieroglyphic sign for life in one hand and a was scepter an animal-headed staff symbolizing power in the other Four plumes rise from a circlet atop his short wig and a protective uraeus sacred cobra rises from his brow The god wears a long sheer patterned garment a divine beard a wesekh or beaded broad collar and a necklace with a shrine-shaped pendant A portion of the hand and scepter of another divine figure remain behind Onuris-Shu The inscriptions suggest that the relief was once part of a scene of adoration between 285 246 BC Greco-Roman red granite cm 130 8 57 1 accession number 22 120 8004 Temple near Suez Dikran Kelekian New York and Paris by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1925 place of origin Samannud Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian reliefs in the Walters Art Museum Sebennytos Onuris Shu | ||||
