Ear
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Symbolic ears appear in mortuary paintings and temple
refliefs but they appear most commonly on "ear-stelae" or
inscribed stones. The stelae were usually carved with short inscriptions
and one or more pairs of ears. Early historians suggested that these
works were requests for the healing of deafness but since no other parts
of the human body were depicted in this way this idea was discarded. It
is now thought that the stelae were dedications to the gods for
answering prayers or requests for gifts. |
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