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LOT 0469
Egyptian Faience Amuletic Pendant
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
1/2 in. (0.92 grams, 14 mm).
Formed as a broad collar with a Horus head finial supported by two cobra heads. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex early 20th century collection, London, UK.
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, London, 1994, pp.96-97, for a discussion of this amulet type.
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