RAMESSIDE PERIOD, CIRCA 1200 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN CORNELIAN AMULET
RAMESSIDE PERIOD, CIRCA 1200 B.C.
In the form of a squatting child, 1¼ in. (3.2 cm.) high; and a group of other cornelian amulets and beads, including a grasshopper, a coiled uraeus, wedjat-eye, fish, leg and a cowrie shell, New Kingdom and later, ¾ in. (2 cm.) long av.; and an agate Bastet-jar, Middle Kingdom (2133-1797 B.C.)(a lot)

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Lot Essay

Cf. C. Andrews, Amulets of Ancient Egypt, The British Museum, London, 1994, pl. 64a for a red glazed composition Horus amulet with an Amarna-style side tress (item one); and pl. 96b for similar to last item.

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