Mongoose Figure | Late Period or Ptolemaic Period | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mongoose Figure Late Period or Ptolemaic Period 664–30 B.C. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 134 During the Late Period and Ptolemaic times mongooses were represented in bronze statuettes such as this one, standing, forepaws raised, atop small bronze boxes. The pose of raised paws signifies the animal's adoration of the sun god when he rises in the morning. Some scholars have identified

[gikazigo]

❌可愛いカワウソのゆるキャラフィギュア ⭕️1/52.7スケール 太陽神ラー＜対邪神アポピス用イクネウモン型最終決戦形態＞: Otter statue

[maturi]

　メトロポリタン　カワウソ神像