Winged Set with Spear (Bull of Ombos)


Photo ©NCG: Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek ÆIN 726, Acquired 1890
Type of work: Stela, Limestone, H. 22 cm.
Period: New Kingdom, 18th-20th Dynasty (1550-1080 B.C.) most likely range 1305 BC.-1196 BC.

A Griffith Institute pdf gives a description:
"Upper right part of round-topped stela, bull-headed winged Seth ‘bull of Ombos’
in barque spearing [Apophis], Dyn. XIX, in Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Æ.I.N. 726."

Just under the Set animal hieroglyph (center, top), we see a bull. He is winged, as he is in the temple of Amun at Hibis:


"Relief from the temple of Amon at Hibis in the Khargas oasis. According to
the text, the falcon-god attacking the snake is Seth")TeVelde, _Seth, God of Confusion_

Here is a more recent photo. Perhaps repairs have been done or there are two versions of this relief:


© Alain Guilleux

In the fragment now at the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, we can easily see the Set hieroglyph above the bull at the center top. I wish we knew more about its history, where it was found.