Omphale figure

Omphale figure

100 BC–300 AD

Ptolemaic or Roman Period

Long termed Baubo figures, figures of a woman with legs raised to expose her genitals have recently been identified as Ompahle. Omphale was a figure of Greek mythology whose liaison with Herakles gave her power over the womb and the travails of childbirth and, by extension, over rebirth after death.

Title: Omphale figure

Period: Ptolemaic or Roman Period

Date: 100 BC–300 AD

Medium: Carnelian

Dimensions: H. 1.2 × W. 1.2 × D. 0.6 cm (1/2 × 1/2 × 1/4 in.)

Credit Line: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915

Accession Number: 30.8.346

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