COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN FAIENCE AMULETS OF DEITIES

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New Kingdom to Ptolemaic Period, Ca. 1550 - 30 BC. A collection of five faience amulets of deities, including, from left to right: Thoth as an ibis-headed figure on a rectangular base; Ptah as a mummiform figure on a narrow plinth; Sekhmet as a standing lioness-headed figure with a sun disc; Pataikos as a squat dwarf figure; and Bes as a standing dwarf with a leonine face and a high headdress. For similar see: C. Andrews, Amulets in Ancient Egypt, p. 1 - 30. Size: 29-46mm x 13-13mm; Weight: 17g Provenance: Private UK collection; formerly with H. Smeets collection, Netherlands, late 1980s.

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