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LOT 0454
Egyptian Steatite Bifacial Amulet
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
3/4 in. (2.26 grams, 18 mm).
A double-sided rectangular amulet; one side features a central cartouche with the hieroglyphic name of the god “Amun” and a neb sign, flanked by two Maat feathers, all framed by a hatched border at the top and bottom; the other side depicts the reclining ram of Amun-Re with the seated figure of Maat in front, and the word "Amun" in hieroglyphs above the ram; drilled for suspension. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex Constable collection, 1990s.
Ex P. Morris collection.
Literature
Cf. Matouk, F.S., Corpus du scarabée égyptien. Vol. 2: Analyse thématique, Beirut, 1976, p. 341, no. 432, for a scarab motif depicting a standing Amun-Re ram fronted by a seated Maat figure.
Footnotes
An amulet with a similar overall design was discovered in a Ramesside-period tomb at Tell el-Retaba, an important production centre involved in trade with Syria-Palestine and protected by a fortress (Petrie, W.M.F., Duncan, J.G., Hyksos and Israelite Cities, London, 1906, pl. XXXIV, Tomb 8).
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