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LOT 0507
Egyptian Eye of Horus Amulet
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
1/2 in. (0.83 grams, 14.69 mm).
Carved stone wedjat amulet with incised detailing to the brow, applied black pupil. [No Reserve]
Provenancewith Archaeologia, Switzerland, before 1983.
Ex private North American collection.
London private collection, 2016.
Cf. Flinders Petrie, W.M., Amulets, London, 1994, pl.XXV, fig.138l.
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