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LOT 0745
Large Egyptian Amuletic Cartouche-shaped Stamp Naming Amun-Re
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD-LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 1069-332 B.C.
2 in. (13.2 grams, 49 mm).
Large oval stamp with plano-convex profile, plumed motif to the top, pierced for suspension; underside with hieroglyphic legend, possibly a garbled version of (A)mun-Re, lord of the thrones (of the two lands).
ProvenanceExcavated from Egypt in 1914.
From the private collection of Mr David Sams and his wife Elizabeth Kate Sams, gentry and amateur archaeologists who travelled to Egypt in 1914 with their daughter Ethel. Mr Sams and his wife led digging expeditions from which these items come from the family estate of Mr and Mrs Sams, by direct descent to their granddaughter.
Cf. The Walter Arts Museum, Accession Number 42.416; Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Inventory Number 51.393; The Israeli Museum, Accession Number 76.30.1922.
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LOT 0745
Large Egyptian Amuletic Cartouche-shaped Stamp Naming Amun-Re
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£150 (EUR 174; USD 203) +BP*
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