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EGYPTIAN ROCK CRYSTAL HEART AMULET
6TH CENTURY B.C.
7/8 in. (1.54 grams, 21 mm).
6TH CENTURY B.C.
7/8 in. (1.54 grams, 21 mm).
Carved with lateral triangular lugs and ribbed bale, gold wire suspension loop.
PROVENANCE:
Private collection.
Acquired in 2009.
Private collection, Europe.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Petrie, W.M.F., Amulets. Illustrated by the Egyptian Collection in University College, London, 1914, pl. I, nos.7a-p, for type; Andrews, C., and van Dijk, J., Objects for Eternity: Egyptian Antiquities from the W. Arnold Meijer Collection, Mainz am Rhein, 2006, p.128, no. 2.34a, for type.