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LOT 0024
Egyptian Faience Amulet with Thoth as Ibis and Maat
LATE NEW KINGDOM-LATE PERIOD, 1550-332 B.C.
1 5/8 in. (22 grams total, 43 mm wide including stand).
On a wedge-shaped base and decorated in turquoise glaze; suspension loop on the neck of the bird; collector's inventory number E509' on the underside; accompanied by a custom-made display base.
Provenance
Ex Reine Margot, 1973.
Ex R. Liechti (1934-2010) Geneva, Switzerland, collection between 1950-1990s.
Literature
Cf. Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p.25, fig.21f, for similar.
Footnotes
In the judgment of the dead (Book of the Dead saying 125), Thoth, who is often represented in ibis form, records the result of weighing the heart of the deceased. The god is therefore mostly depicted in connection with the goddess Maat, whose feather was used as a counterbalance to the purity of the heart; such amulets were thus aimed at protecting the deceased from failing in the decision of the court of the dead.
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LOT 0024
Egyptian Faience Amulet with Thoth as Ibis and Maat
Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)
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