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If you’re visiting Cleveland, Ohio, the Cleveland Museum of Art has a nice Ancient Egyptian collection. One of the notable items is this statue of Heqet, reputed to be the largest in the world. She towers a full 15 cm in height. Made of Egyptian travertine marble, the sculptor used a natural vein in the stone to highlight the front of the carving.
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The statue is dated to the predynastic period or first dynasty, circa 2,950 BCE. Very early indeed.
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Heqet is not one of the Ogdoad deities of Hermopolis. They consist of four frog-aspected gods and four snake-aspected goddesses.
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At some point, probably the early 20th century, the base of the statue was carved out, probably to house an electric bulb and placed on a stairway post. How would you like a 5,000-year-old glowing frog goddess on your stairway?
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Related articles
- The Frog Goddess #2 (Pagan Blog Project #10b) (kemeticrecon.com)
- Link: A Prayer to Heqet (kemeticrecon.com)