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LOT 0012
Egyptian Terracotta Mould with Impression of the Cartouche of Pharaoh Tutankhamun
NEW KINGDOM, 18TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 1342-1323 B.C.
1 1/8 in. (6.5 grams, 29 mm).
Ellipsoid in plan with an impressed cartouche for 'Tutankhamun, ruler of Hermonthis'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired Caledonian market, November 1958, for 2 shillings and sixpence.
From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s.
Accompanied by an old handwritten information card by Peter Clayton, collection no.50.
Moulds like this were often used to produce faience ring bezels (cf. Seyfried, F. (ed.), In the Light of Amarna: 100 Years of the Nefertiti Discovery, Berlin, 2012, p. 100, fig. 2, for an example of a similar mould and a faience ring bezel for Akhenaten). Hermonthis, also known as Armant, was called ı͗wnu-šmꜤw by the ancient Egyptians and regarded as the southern counterpart to the solar temple complex at Heliopolis.
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LOT 0012
Egyptian Terracotta Mould with Impression of the Cartouche of Pharaoh Tutankhamun
Estimate £500 - 700€580 - 810 (for guidance only)$680 - 950 (for guidance only)
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