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Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
LATE-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C.
3/8 in. (0.71 grams, 10 mm).
An element from a necklace in the form of Horus in falcon form sitting atop the palace façade motif (serekh). [No Reserve]
PROVENANCE:
From an early 20th century collection.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Aldred, C., Jewels of the Pharaohs: Egyptian Jewellery of the Dynastic Period, London, 1971, pp. 21, 173, fig. 1, for similar elements used on a First Dynasty bracelet; Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p.61 fig. 66 l, for a faience example dated to the Ptolemaic Period.
FOOTNOTES:
Examples of this distinctive motif can be traced back to the very beginning of Egyptian history. It represents the recessed niches of royal and religious architecture, and served as a device to contain the Horus name of the king. The most notable example of jewellery incorporating this motif is the elaborate bracelet found in the tomb of King Djer at Abydos, which is composed of alternating turquoise and gold falcon-topped serekhs. Similar examples of this element occur as late as the Ptolemaic Period.
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