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LOT 0482
Egyptian Artefact Group
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C. AND LATER
1/2 - 1 in. (8.16 grams total, 13-25 mm).
Comprising: a scarab with text to underside; a plano-convex section bead; a bifacial square plaque with worship scene and hieroglyphs to each face, after the antique. [3]
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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