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LOT 0050
Egyptian Memphis Triad Amulet
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
1 3/8 in. (9.1 grams, 37 mm high).
Rectangular plaque with ledge to the lower edge, ribbed loop above, the half-round figures of the goddesses Nephthys and Isis wearing their characteristic headdresses flank the figure of the young Horus wearing the sidelock of youth.
Provenance
From an early Home Counties, UK, collection, 1930-1940.
Ex London, UK, collection.
Literature
Cf. Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p.18-19; a comparable Late Period example is in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory no. 17.194.2444.
Footnotes
The deities of this triad are the protagonists associated with the myth of Osiris.
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LOT 0050
Egyptian Memphis Triad Amulet
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
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