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LOT 0004
Egyptian Amethyst Horus Amulet
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
1 in. (5.98 grams, 27 mm).
Carved in the round, the falcon seated on a rectangular base with outstretched talons, the wings neatly tucked against the body, incised detailing and drilled eyes; a small drilled depression on the top of the head; drilled longitudinally for suspension.
ProvenanceFrom an early 20th century collection.
Accompanied by a previous catalogue information slip.
Cf. a similar amulet in hematite (Ptolemaic-Roman Age) in the Louvre, inventory no.E10944, in Quack, J. F., Altägyptische Amulette und ihre Handhabung, Tübingen, 2022, p.350.
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