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LOT 0075
Egyptian Green Glazed Faience Amulet of Nephthys
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
1 1/2 in. (2.62 grams, 37 mm).
Depicting the goddess Nephthys wearing the two hieroglyphic parts of her name (Neb(et)-Hut), with dorsal pillar and base.
Provenancewith Bizhan Soumekh, 14 September 1981.
Private collection, London, UK.
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