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LOT 0455
Egyptian Faience Amulet with Figures
LATE PERIOD-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C.
3 3/4 in. (100 grams, 95 mm).
The large architectural amulet, rectangular in section with base and scarab finial; the narrow sides each with a high-relief standing figure, both holding a flail, wearing a royal nemes headdress and solar disc; the wider sides each with a facing male figure within a naos surmounted by a smaller facing figure, one Harpocrates holding a snake, the other Bes(?) with a high-plumed headress; repaired.
ProvenanceEx property of a London gentleman; acquired in the 1970s.
Private collection of Mr T.H., Norfolk, UK.
See Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, for discussion.
FootnotesThe presence of Harpocrates holding a snake and possibly Bes, suggests that this functioned as a cippus amulet offering protection and with curative properties.
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