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Three Small Erotic Sculptures
According to the museum label some scholars think that ancient Egyptians thought erotica violated their relgious sensibilities. These three pieces put the lie to that, the central one even has overt religious symbolism (the union of Isis and Osiris which lead to the conception of Horus).

Provenance unknown, tho the central one may be from Alexandria.

Ptolemaic Period, c. 305-30 BCE.

Acc. No.s: 58.13, 58.34, 60.181
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