Serpentarium Mundi of Alexei Alexeev The Ophidian Iconography Quest (Mundus Vetus & Mundus Novus, 2004 - present)
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Figure NAM-can-007. (A) The supreme king of the gods, "concealed", "invisible", universal god-creator or the wind and sun god Amon-Ra wearing the tall shuti (Two-Feather Crown) decorated with the solar disk and the rearing uraeus hooded cobra. (B) Chriocephalic (ram-headed) fertility god Heryshef wearing the composite atef crown decorated with the long ram horns and one central and two lateral rearing uraeus hooded cobras with the solar discs atop. (C) The divine infant Harpocrates (Heru·pa·khered, Horus the Child) the god of silence, secrets and confidentiality wearing the sidelock and the deshret (Red Crown of Lower Egypt) decorated with the rearing uraeus hooded cobra. Possible alternative interpretation: Ihy the child, god of the ecstasy of playing the sistrum.


Item: Medium: Category
(Object):
Artist/Workshop: Historical/Art
Period, Date:
Provenience: Collection:
A. Bronze Miniature sculpture (Votive cast figurine, detail) Unknown TBD TBD, Egypt (?) Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Inventory № ?
B. Bronze Miniature sculpture (Votive cast figurine, detail) Unknown TBD TBD, Egypt (?) Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Inventory № ?
C. Bronze Miniature sculpture (Votive cast figurine, detail) Unknown TBD TBD, Egypt (?) Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Inventory № ?

Source-Image(s): The image(s) is/are from Alexei Alexeev's personal photo archive (The First* Canadian Expedition, 6-8 September 2015, 20-21 May 2017, 1-3 September 2017, 23-24 September 2018). The representative scale is not universal. All artefacts will be available for viewing in the Compendium's respective volumes after the completion of the fully integrated iconographic database. Some of the artefacts will be represented by several figures (offering a general view and details).

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