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LOT 0542
Egyptian Inlaid Mummy Eye
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
3/4 - 1 3/8 in. (4.51 grams total, 18-37 mm).
Almond-shaped insert in pale stone with disc-shaped, convex iris, possibly not belonging. [2]
ProvenanceEx Milfred (Miriam) Devor Collection.
with Archaeological center, Tel-Aviv, 27 March 2013, no.356.
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LOT 0542
Egyptian Inlaid Mummy Eye
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£250 (EUR 290; USD 338) ‡+BP*
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Egyptian Coptic Wall Tapestry Textile Fragment with Geometric Ornament
Circa 6th century A.D.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Fragment of tapestry or a cloak in light fabric, S-twist tapestry, embroidered with red, green, yellow, blue geometric ornaments in wool and linen. 37 grams total including paper folder, 37 cm
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
Most of the linen or wool garments found by A. Gayet in the Antinoe necropolis were woven in a specific pattern, in a single piece, on a horizontal warp. Another relatively common pattern for linen garments consisted of assembling three pieces woven on a single warp and forming the upper part of the garment, with the collar and sleeves. -
Egyptian Steatite Scarab with Nude Figure
Second Intermediate Period, circa 1782-1550 B.C.Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
With incised anatomical detailing on the body and legs, the underside features a front-facing standing nude female between two branches. 2.25 grams, 19 mm
Acquired from various London-based, UK, antiquity dealers. From a Derbyshire gentleman's private museum formed from the late 1970s-early 1980s. -
Egyptian Terracotta Funerary Cone of Minnakht
New Kingdom, mid-18th Dynasty, circa 1450-1350 B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Large portion of a tapering cone, with the circular flat end impressed with six columns of hieroglyphic text reading: 'The Osiris, wab-priest, lector-priest of Mut, Minnakht, wab-priest who goes ahead, god's father of Mut, Minnakht, scribe of the divine book(s) of Mut, Minnakht, the Osiris, scribe of the divine offerings of Mut, Minnakht, true of voice.' 323 grams, 10 cm
Acquired from Abdoul Rassoul on the West Bank at Luxor, 1974-1980 when a guest lecturer. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
Although Minnakht's tomb has yet to be identified in the Theban necropolis, his funerary cones have long been known. Some details of his career are known from a unique block statue in the Cairo Museum (inv. no. CG 624/JE 27585), which includes important funerary religious texts (El Gabry, D., Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 110, no. 1-2, 2024, pp. 131-149).
