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LOT 0518
Phoenician-Egyptian Faience Phallic Amulet
LATE-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C.
5/8 in. (1.24 grams, 17 mm).
Amuletic pendant of male genitals with loop above.
Provenance
Ex early 20th century Home Counties, UK, collection.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Literature
Cf. Petrie, W.M.F., Amulets. Illustrated by the Egyptian Collection in University College, London, 1914, pl. I, 16a-d, for similar examples.
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