Cornice Block A.D. 41-68 Sandstone From Philae Metropolitan Museum Of Art In New York City From The Curation Card: This Block Originally Formed Part Of A Screen Wall That Connected The Four Front Columns And Sidewalls Of The Temple Of Harendotes ("Horus The Avenger") On The Island Of Philae. The Relief Represents The "baptism Of Pharaoh," A Purification Ritual That Was Part Of Egyptian Coronation Ceremonies. The Gods Horus (not Preserved) And The Ibis-headed Thoth Poured Water -- Here Represented By Streams Of Ankh (life) And Was (dominion) Hieroglyphs -- Over The Head Of The King. The Pharaoh Whose Head Is Partially Preserved Is A Claudian Emperor Most Probably Either Claudius Or Nero. En.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoth I Admit I Had Some Fun With This -- When I First Saw It In The Metropolitan Museum, I Thought Thoth Was Performing A Craniotomy On Some Unsuspecting Individual. The Curation Card Cleared That One Up. Guess You Can't Take The Physician Out Of Me... Photo