V. 251 :: sculpture, statuette

Object description: Statuette of white limestone depicting Zeus Ammon (or Zeus-Ammon) sitting in a chair with high back. He is resting his arms on the armrests. A pair of ram's horns, typical of his depictions, are visible on his head. As a deity, Zeus Ammon was a Greek syncretism between Zeus and the Egyptian Amun-Ra, whose symbols include the criosphinx (a sphinx with the head of a ram).

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