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LOT 0519
Egyptian Clay Papyrus Document Sealing with Bust of Tiberius
ROMAN PERIOD, EARLY 1ST CENTURY A.D.
1 in. (3.78 grams, 25 mm).
Discoid in plan with impressed seal, profile bust of Tiberius (14-37 A.D.) placed to one side.
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 0519
Egyptian Clay Papyrus Document Sealing with Bust of Tiberius
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
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Egyptian Predynastic Flint Pocket Knife
Naqada II Period, 3500-3100 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Slightly curved blade with broad flake forming cutting edge. 19.80 grams, 72 mm
Ex Armand Trampitsch, Monte Carlo, 1990s. Private collection, Europe. -
Egyptian Light Blue Faience Shabti
Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Mummiform figure with a lappet wig and divine beard. 10.77 grams, 64 mm
Ex private collection, London, UK, 1970s-1990s. -
Egyptian Black Hardstone Scarab
Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Dark green hardstone with paler speckles; with a boldly carved head, clypeus, prothorax and elytra, and legs indicated at the sides; plain underside. 17 grams, 29 mm
Ex Irene Newman, Birdham, Chichester, West Sussex, England. with Stride & Son Auctioneers, Chichester, West Sussex, England, 23 April 2015, no.1599 [Part]. Acquired by the present owner at the above sale.
The scarab, which represented the dung beetle, was the most popular amulet in ancient Egypt for approximately two thousand years until the Ptolemaic Period when it gradually fell out of favour. The popularity of scarabs extended beyond the borders of Egypt, and they were also distributed and produced in other regions, such as Phoenicia and Israel. The beetle is named khepri, derived from the verb 'to come into existence', and was considered the embodiment of the creator god Khepri, who was self-engendered. The ancient Egyptians mistakenly believed that the young beetle emerging from the dung ball was the result of an act of self-creation.
