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LOT 0010
Large Egyptian Faience Papyrus Amulet Pendant
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
2 1/2 in. (11 grams, 66 mm).
With stylised incised lotus petal detailing to base and neck; ribbed suspension loop.
Provenancewith Bonhams, Antiquities, 21 October 1999, no.432-436.
LiteratureCf. Petrie, W.M.F., Amulets. Illustrated by the Egyptian Collection in University College, London, 1914, pl.II, no.20d, for a similar example.
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