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LOT 0505
Egyptian Faience Amulet Collection
LATE PERIOD-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C.
5/8 - 1 5/8 in. (22.97 grams total, 17-41 mm).
Including a crouching baboon, a baboon standing in an adoring pose, two Pataikos, a hare, and other types. [8]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
LiteratureCf. Petrie, W.M.F., Amulets. Illustrated by the Egyptian Collection in University College, London, 1914, pl. XXXI, no. 176 l, for a similar Pataikos amulet; Reisner, G.A., Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire, Nos.12528-13595, Vol. II, Amulets, Cairo, 1958, pl. XVII (no. 13181), for the standing baboon type; Tinius, I., Altägypten in Braunschweig. Die Sammlungen des Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museums und des Städtischen Museums, Wiesbaden, 2011, p. 157, no. 295, for a less detailed hare amulet.
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The scarab amulet was a powerful symbol of rebirth, transformation, and protection in ancient Egypt. Modelled after the beetle linked to the sun god Khepri, it represented the cycle of life and regeneration. Used from the Middle Kingdom (c. 2050 BCE) onwards, scarabs served as funerary amulets, personal charms, and seals—often inscribed with prayers or names—reflecting both spiritual beliefs and daily life.
