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LOT 0455
Egyptian Gold Uraeus Amulet
LATE NEW KINGDOM, 1279-1070 B.C.
3/8 in. (0.40 grams, 11 mm).
Depicting a rearing cobra sporting a sun disc with its coiled body below resting on the hieroglyphic neb sign.
Provenance
Ex French collection, early 20th century.
Literature
Cf. Charron, A., Barbotin, C., Khâemouaset, le prince archéologue, savoir et pouvoir à l’époque de Ramsès II, Gand, 2016, p.111, nos.36-37, for two similarly styled examples.
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