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LOT 0481
Large Egyptian Faience Cartouche Amulet for the Pharaoh Apries
26TH DYNASTY, 664-525 B.C.
1 5/8 in. (7.7 grams, 41 mm).
Displaying Wahibre, the birth name of the 26th Dynasty pharaoh Apries on one face; his throne name, Haaibre (rendered 'Apries' in Hellenistic times) on the other; repaired. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Acquired 1980s-1990s.
Private collection of H. N., Milton Keynes, Berkshire, UK.
Footnotes
This plaque was almost certainly once part of a foundation deposit of a temple built in the reign of this pharaoh. A similar, albeit slightly thicker, double-sided cartouche-shaped plaque of this king is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (accession number 02.4.105b).
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LOT 0481
Large Egyptian Faience Cartouche Amulet for the Pharaoh Apries
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
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