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LOT 0491
Egyptian Round-Bottomed Terracotta Vessel
MIDDLE KINGDOM, 2040-1782 B.C. OR LATER
4 5/8 in. (173 grams, 11.8 cm high).
With a bulbous shoulder, everted rim and U-shaped foot; accompanied by an acrylic display base. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx North Yorkshire deceased estate, 1990s.
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Large Egyptian Faience Cartouche Amulet for the Pharaoh Apries
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Displaying Wahibre, the birth name of the 26th Dynasty pharaoh Apries on one face; his throne name, Haaibre (rendered 'Apries' in Hellenistic times) on the other; repaired. 7.7 grams, 41 mm
Fine condition, repaired.
Acquired 1980s-1990s. Private collection of H. N., Milton Keynes, Berkshire, UK.
This plaque was almost certainly once part of a foundation deposit of a temple built in the reign of this pharaoh. A similar, albeit slightly thicker, double-sided cartouche-shaped plaque of this king is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession number 02.4.105b).