AN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN FAIENCE KHNUM One of the Egyptian Creator Gods Start Price USD 250.00 Current Price USD 250.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Thursday, November 20, 2008 End Time Thursday, November 27, 2008 Location New York, NY See more about 'AN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN FAIENCE KHNUM' Description AN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN FAIENCE KHNUM Click on the text links to view enlargements: 1-2 Faience couchant figure of the ram god, Khnum. Late Period, 600-50 B.C. 5/8 inch. Tiny chip on base. Otherwise, intact with intact suspension loop. From an old German collection, collected in the early 1950's. In Egyptian mythology, one of the creator gods, Khnum was one of the earliest Egyptian deities, originally the god of the source of the Nile River. Since the annual flooding of the Nile brought with it silt and clay, and its water brought life to its surrounds, he was thought to be the creator of the bodies of human children, which he made at a potter's wheel, from clay, and placed in their mothers' wombs. For shipping information, see "Seller's payment instructions" below. Check my other auctions and website link on my About Me page. All items are guaranteed genuine and available for inspection at the Showplace Antique Center, 40 West 25th Street, Gallery # 110, NYC. Custom listed using TROCADERO's automated HTML and Picture Hosting tools. Place a Bid!