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LOT 0006
Egyptian Faience Duck Amulet
THIRD INTERMEDIATE-LATE PERIOD, 750-332 B.C.
5/8 in. (1.18 grams, 15 mm).
Modelled in the round, the head placed resting along the spine, loop formed by the neck; underside with hieroglyphic text.
ProvenanceOld private French collection.
Anonymous sale, Beaussant Lefevre, Paris, 2015.
Private European collection, acquired in 2015.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p. 53, fig. 54d, for a similar duck scaraboid; Matouk, F.S., Corpus du scarabée égyptien. Vol. 2: Analyse thématique, Beirut, 1976, p. 388, nos. 814-815, for similar-themed scarabs.
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