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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 7538143, member: 110350"]An assortment of pigs, sows, and boars. I'm pretty sure I've posted them all before, so I won't bother with the descriptions this time.</p><p><br /></p><p>One pig of unidentified gender:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1301345[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Sows, with or without piglets:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1301346[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1301347[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Three-piglet sow, two beneath and one behind:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1301348[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Boars:'</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1301350[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1301351[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1301352[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Bonus: Egyptian Faience Sow Amulet (Goddess Nut as sow, with piglets beneath), 30 mm. Third Intermediate/Late Period. Circa 600 BC. Ex Bron Lipkin collection. Acquired from C J Martin in 1992. Previously said to have been in a collection in Israel. Purchased from Collector Antiquities, UK, April 2021.</p><p><br /></p><p>From dealer's description:</p><p><br /></p><p>"A deep green faience amulet of the goddess Nut shown as a sow with her piglets. The explanation for this representation is gruesome. The sow is thought to be a reference to Nut’s role as the sky goddess giving birth to, and then devouring the sun each day, as some sows devour their young."</p><p><br /></p><p>I'll bet you never before thought of the sky and sun as a sow giving birth to and then devouring her young every day!</p><p><br /></p><p>(Dealer's low-resolution photos; I haven't had a chance to take mine yet.)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1301354[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1301355[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1301357[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 7538143, member: 110350"]An assortment of pigs, sows, and boars. I'm pretty sure I've posted them all before, so I won't bother with the descriptions this time. One pig of unidentified gender: [ATTACH=full]1301345[/ATTACH] Sows, with or without piglets: [ATTACH=full]1301346[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1301347[/ATTACH] Three-piglet sow, two beneath and one behind: [ATTACH=full]1301348[/ATTACH] Boars:' [ATTACH=full]1301350[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1301351[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1301352[/ATTACH] Bonus: Egyptian Faience Sow Amulet (Goddess Nut as sow, with piglets beneath), 30 mm. Third Intermediate/Late Period. Circa 600 BC. Ex Bron Lipkin collection. Acquired from C J Martin in 1992. Previously said to have been in a collection in Israel. Purchased from Collector Antiquities, UK, April 2021. From dealer's description: "A deep green faience amulet of the goddess Nut shown as a sow with her piglets. The explanation for this representation is gruesome. The sow is thought to be a reference to Nut’s role as the sky goddess giving birth to, and then devouring the sun each day, as some sows devour their young." I'll bet you never before thought of the sky and sun as a sow giving birth to and then devouring her young every day! (Dealer's low-resolution photos; I haven't had a chance to take mine yet.) [ATTACH=full]1301354[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1301355[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1301357[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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