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LOT 0476
Egyptian Silver Poppy Beads
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
5/8 in. (3.29 grams total, 16-17 mm).
Modelled in the shape of a poppy seed with a flat foot leading to a globular body with a tapering neck attached to a small loop at the top for suspension. [3]
Provenance
From an early 20th century collection.
Footnotes
Amulets in the form of poppies were used to heal and alleviate pain and to ward off death. These types of amulets were also linked to Osiris, the Egyptian deity of agriculture, death, and the afterlife.
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