Lot 153
153
A bronze rectangular votive box with figure of a lizard on the top, with two suspension loops -- 2½in. (6.5cm.) long; a wood figure of a cat, on stand -- 5½in. (14cm.) high; and a wood model of a Ba-bird with painted details in black and red, mounted -- 3¼in. (8.2cm.) high, all Late Period (712-332 B.C.) (3)

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A bronze rectangular votive box with figure of a lizard on the top, with two suspension loops -- 2½in. (6.5cm.) long; a wood figure of a cat, on stand -- 5½in. (14cm.) high; and a wood model of a Ba-bird with painted details in black and red, mounted -- 3¼in. (8.2cm.) high, all Late Period (712-332 B.C.) (3)

Lot Essay

For item one in this lot, c.f. W.M.F. Petrie, Amulets, London, 1916, pl.XIII, no. 101a.: in Pliny's letter XXX, these caskets are cited as being worn against quartan or tertian fever.

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