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LOT 0540
Egyptian Papyrus Fragment with Text
GRAECO-ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 3RD CENTURY B.C.-2ND CENTURY A.D.
6 1/8 in. (9 7/8 x 7 7/8 in.) (195 grams total, 15.5 cm (25 x 20 cm including frame)).
Rectangular fragment of papyrus with inked Demotic script text in two columns; mounted on a board. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx retired East Anglian school teacher, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, UK, 1960s-1980s.
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LOT 0540
Egyptian Papyrus Fragment with Text
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Egyptian Bronze Mirror with Wooden Handle
New Kingdom, 18th-20th Dynasty, 1550-1070 B.C.Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,000
The rounded cylindrical handle narrowing towards the base and decorated with three horizontal bands; the circular, heavy bronze mirror highly polished and relatively small; accompanied by a custom-made display stand. 766 grams total, 29 cm high including stand
with Rupert Wace, Ancient Art, 2003. Private collection, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.13517-263432.
The club-type handle resembles the hieroglyph hem, which can mean 'servant'. Therefore, the handle is thought to represent the mirror disc's servant. This type appears in pictorial scenes; for example, a similar smaller disc mirror with a hem handle is depicted in the Theban tomb (TT 60) of Senet (Davies, N.de G., The Tomb of Antefoker, Vizier of Sesostris I, and of His Wife, Senet, London 1930, pl. 30), and another with a larger disc and a shorter hem handle is depicted on the inside of the coffin of Sebeka (Steindorff, G., Grabfunde des mittleren Reichs in den königlichen Museen zu Berlin. Part 2: Der Sarg des Sebk.-o.- ein Grabfund aus Gebelen, Berlin, 1896, 2, pl. 2). -
Egyptian Mummy Bead Group
Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, circa 664-30 B.C.Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Group of tubular and annular beads in green, blue, and beige colours. 7.4 grams total, 3-12 mm
Ex Art Shop Windsor, 1990s. From a private UK collection. -
Egyptian Faience and Glass Bead and Amulet Collection
Late-Roman Period, circa 664-323 A.D.Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Including pendant amulets of Isis Lactans and Taweret; an amethyst scarab with wadj, nefer, and neb hieroglyphs on the underside; tubular beads with dragged trails; a face pendant; and other types. 59 grams total, 10-33 mm
London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent.
