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Aphrodite and Priapos in a palm arbour, Clay, pressed into the form, hand modeled, fired (ceramic), Total: Height: 15 cm; Width: 9.8 cm; Depth: 5.4 cm, ceramic, Gods (classical. Mythology), Hellenism, In an arbour, which is made of two vessels with palm fronds, Aphrodite and her son Priapos are standing on a raised base on the left and on the right. The goddess is dressed only with a cloak draped around her hips and falling to the ground. The hair is combined in a curly hairstyle. She has put her left arm around Priapos. This one is bald and bearded. On his head he carries a wreath and a basket (Greek kalathos). He has raised his long robe; an inserted oversized phallus is visible. Aphrodite and Priapos are to be connected as deities of love and desire with fertility cults and are accordingly depicted in a body-stressed manner. As a talisman, such figures were hung up in the house or at the entrance and thus ensured the protection of the two gods. The figure belongs to the group of the so-called Fayum terracottas. In Alexandria, the international, Greek-influenced center of Egypt, lives a multicultural society of Egyptians, Orientals, Greeks, Romans, Jews and others, whose different religious ideas are gradually blending together. Insights into this world of faith are provided by the so-called Fayum terracottas. They are part of the religious household, children's toys, knick-knacks, but also cult symbols, grave goods, pilgrimage images, votive offerings and magical objects for banishing evil forces. They can be found in houses, graves and sanctuaries.

Aphrodite and Priapos in a palm arbour, Clay, pressed into the form, hand modeled, fired (ceramic), Total: Height: 15 cm; Width: 9.8 cm; Depth: 5.4 cm, ceramic, Gods (classical. Mythology), Hellenism, In an arbour, which is made of two vessels with palm fronds, Aphrodite and her son Priapos are standing on a raised base on the left and on the right. The goddess is dressed only with a cloak draped around her hips and falling to the ground. The hair is combined in a curly hairstyle. She has put her left arm around Priapos. This one is bald and bearded. On his head he carries a wreath and a basket (Greek kalathos). He has raised his long robe; an inserted oversized phallus is visible. Aphrodite and Priapos are to be connected as deities of love and desire with fertility cults and are accordingly depicted in a body-stressed manner. As a talisman, such figures were hung up in the house or at the entrance and thus ensured the protection of the two gods. The figure belongs to the group of the so-called Fayum terracottas. In Alexandria, the international, Greek-influenced center of Egypt, lives a multicultural society of Egyptians, Orientals, Greeks, Romans, Jews and others, whose different religious ideas are gradually blending together. Insights into this world of faith are provided by the so-called Fayum terracottas. They are part of the religious household, children's toys, knick-knacks, but also cult symbols, grave goods, pilgrimage images, votive offerings and magical objects for banishing evil forces. They can be found in houses, graves and sanctuaries.
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Caption: Aphrodite and Priapos in a palm arbour, Clay, pressed into the form, hand modeled, fired (ceramic), Total: Height: 15 cm; Width: 9.8 cm; Depth: 5.4 cm, ceramic, Gods (classical. Mythology), Hellenism, In an arbour, which is made of two vessels with palm fronds, Aphrodite and her son Priapos are standing on a raised base on the left and on the right. The goddess is dressed only with a cloak draped around her hips and falling to the ground. The hair is combined in a curly hairstyle. She has put her left arm around Priapos. This one is bald and bearded. On his head he carries a wreath and a basket (Greek kalathos). He has raised his long robe; an inserted oversized phallus is visible. Aphrodite and Priapos are to be connected as deities of love and desire with fertility cults and are accordingly depicted in a body-stressed manner. As a talisman, such figures were hung up in the house or at the entrance and thus ensured the protection of the two gods. The figure belongs to the group of the so-called Fayum terracottas. In Alexandria, the international, Greek-influenced center of Egypt, lives a multicultural society of Egyptians, Orientals, Greeks, Romans, Jews and others, whose different religious ideas are gradually blending together. Insights into this world of faith are provided by the so-called Fayum terracottas. They are part of the religious household, children's toys, knick-knacks, but also cult symbols, grave goods, pilgrimage images, votive offerings and magical objects for banishing evil forces. They can be found in houses, graves and sanctuaries.
Personalities: GRAVES (active 1940s)
Credit: Album / quintlox
Releases: ? Model Release: No - ? Property Release: No
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Image size: 2732 × 4320 px | 33.8 MB
Print size: 23.1 × 36.6 cm | 1075.6 × 1700.8 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: ACCORDINGLY DEPICTED • ADORNMENT • ALEXANDRIA • ALLEGORY: DESIRE • AMULET • ANATOMY: HEAD • APHRODITE • ARBOR • ARBOUR • BALD • BANISHING EVIL FORCES • BASKET • BASKETS • BEARDED • BELIEF • BODY-STRESSED MANNER • BOWER • CARRIES • CERAMIC • CERAMICS • CHILDREN'S TOYS • CLASSIC • CLASSICAL • CLAY • CLOAK DRAPED • COMBINED • CONNECTED • CULT SYMBOLS • CULT • CURLY HAIRSTYLE • DECOR • DECORATION • DECORATIONS • DECORATIVE • DEITIES • DEPTH • DESIRE • DESIRE, ALLEGORY • DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS IDEAS • DRESSED • EGYPT • EGYPTE • EGYPTIAN • EGYPTIANS • ENTRANCE • ENTRY • FAITH • FALLING • FAYUM TERRACOTTAS • FERTILITY CULTS • FIGURE BELONGS • FIGURES • FIRED • FORM • GATEWAY • GODDESS • GODS • GOOD-LUCK CHARM • GRADUALLY BLENDING TOGETHER • GRAVE GOODS • GRAVES • GREEK KALATHOS • GREEK-INFLUENCED CENTER • GREEKS • GROUND • GROUP • HAIR • HAIRS • HAND MODELED • HEAD (ANATOMY) • HEAD (BODY) • HEAD • HELLENISM • HIPS • HOUSE • HOUSES • HUNG UP • INSERTED OVERSIZED PHALLUS • INSIGHTS • INTERNATIONAL • JEW • JEWISH • JEWS • KERAMEIKOS • KNICK-KNACKS • LEFT ARM • LEFT • LIVES • LONG ROBE • LONGING • LOVE • MAGIC AMULET • MAGICAL OBJECTS • MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY • MYTHOLOGY • ON • ORIENTALS • ORNAMENT • ORNAMENTATION • ORNAMENTS • PALM ARBOUR • PALM FRONDS • PART • PELO • PILGRIMAGE IMAGES • POTTERIES • POTTERY • PRESSED • PRIAPOS • PROTECTION • PROVIDED • RAISED BASE • RAISED • RELIGION • RELIGIOUS HOUSEHOLD • RELIGIOUS • RIGHT • RITE • RITUAL • ROMANS • SANCTUARIES • SON PRIAPOS • STANDING • STONEWARE • TALISMAN • TERRA COTTA • TERRACOTA • TERRACOTTA • THE • THUS ENSURED • TWO GODS • TWO VESSELS • VISIBLE • VOTIVE OFFERINGS • WATER • WISH • WORLD • WREATH