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Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
2 1/4 in. (4.15 grams, 55 mm).
Modelled in the round on a small base, wearing columnar headdress, with dorsal pillar pierced behind the elbows.
PROVENANCE:
Private collection, Carouge, Switzerland, assembled in the 1980s-1990s.
Thence by descent to the collection of Mr S.P., since 2020.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, British Museum 1994, p.48.
FOOTNOTES:
Nephthys was a protective goddess linked to mourning, magic, and the afterlife. As the sister of Isis, she played a vital role in the funerary rites of Osiris. Amulets like this were placed on the deceased to invoke her protection and aid in rebirth. Typically made of faience or semi-precious stone, they were especially common in the Late Period.
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