6TH-2ND CENTURY B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE GLAZED COMPOSITION AMULET OF SNAKE-HEADED NEHEBKAU
6TH-2ND CENTURY B.C.
With hands under the mouth, repaired, 1¼ in. (3.3 cm.) high; and five glazed composition amulets comprising a turquoise ram-headed Khnum; a girdle of Isis; a deity wearing papyrus-clump headdress; a seated falcon-headed deity with double plumed headdress; and Neith suckling two young crocodiles, repaired, 1¾ in. (4.5 cm.) high max. (6)

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Lot Essay

Item four: black ink inscription on back-pillar reads "C MITRAHINA".

Cf. C. Andrews, Amulets of Ancient Egypt, The British Museum, London, 1994, pl. 19b, for Neith suckling two crocodiles, representing her son Sobk.

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