Egyptian Blue Faience Ram Amulet

LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.

1 in. (2.15 grams, 23 mm).

Modelled resting on a tongue-shaped base with ribbed suspension loop. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the collection of Doctor Girard, a collector for over 60 years.
with Hotel des Ventes de Clermont-Ferrand, 22 May 2017.
Property of a French collector.

Literature

Cf. Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, pl.28(a).

Footnotes

Various gods were depicted in the form of rams. The downturned horns on this amulet indicate that the ram is a representation of Amun. The ram was symbolically linked to concepts of revival and fecundity. Eventually, it became associated with Osiris and was recognised as the god's soul or ba.

CONDITION

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