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Medal - Anubis
| Location | Egypt |
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| Type | Medal |
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| Obverse description | The jackal-headed god Anubis depicted in high relief, shown in frontal bust with a human body, holding aloft a balance scale in his right hand. The left pan holds a feather and the right pan holds a human heart, representing the Egyptian funerary rite of the Weighing of the Heart. To the right, a small mummified figure and a leonine creature are shown atop a plinth. |
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| Reverse description | A recumbent jackal, the sacred animal of Anubis, is depicted in high relief atop a decorated pedestal bearing a winged scarab or serpent motif flanked by lotus flowers in the lower field. Behind, a large stepped pyramid rises in the center of the field, flanked on both sides by multiple columns of hieroglyphic inscriptions filling the background. |
| Reverse script | Hieroglyphic |
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