File:Lion-faced deity.jpg

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English: A lion-faced deity found on a Gnostic gem in Bernard de Montfaucon's L'antiquité expliquée et représentée en figures.
Español: Gema con deidad Abraxas con cabeza de león; probablemente uno de los 36 decanos del Zodiaco en la religión gnóstica del antiguo Egipto (La Antigüedad explicada y representada en imágenes original en francés, de Bernard de Montfaucon.
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L'antiquité expliquée et représentée en figures, vol. II, parte II, plancha CL, p. 362.
Author UnknownUnknown Desconocido; reproducido por Bernard de Montfaucon en 1722.

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Picture of a lion-faced deity found on a Gnostic gem in Bernard de Montfaucon's publication L'antiquité expliquée et représentée en figures.

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current14:12, 5 June 2006Thumbnail for version as of 14:12, 5 June 2006205 × 252 (22 KB)wikimediacommons>TomistiA lion-faced deity found on a Gnostic gem in Bernard de Montfaucon's ''L'antiquité expliquée et représentée en figures'' may be a depiction of the Demiurge. From English Wikipedia: en:Image:Lion-faced deity.jpg {{PD-Old}} [[Category:Gnosticism

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