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LOT 0559
Egyptian Black Stone Amulet with Cartouche
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
1 1/8 in. (3.15 grams, 29.8 mm).
Carved in low relief with hieroglyphs to the sub-rectangular plaque, with two feathers above; integral pierced lug to reverse. [No Reserve]
Provenancewith Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983.
Ex private North American collection.
London private collection, 2016.
Cf. Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p.77, Fig. 77b, for the type.
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