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LOT 0455
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]
ProvenanceFrom 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.
Cf. Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, pl.28(a).
FootnotesVarious 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.
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