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MIDDLE KINGDOM TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 2040-30 B.C.
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A COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN AMULETS
MIDDLE KINGDOM TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 2040-30 B.C.
Including fourteen scarabs of steatite, faience, amethyst, rock crystal, lapis lazuli and carnelian, some with motifs on the undersides; together with a red steatite, black steatite and a glass heart amulet; one lapis lazuli and two carnelian djed-pillars; a lapis lazuli four-headed ram; a lapis lazuli lotus-seed pendant; and a lapis lazuli ibis-headed Thoth; all mounted together as a necklace in a modern Egyptian revival gold, enamel and gem stone setting
21½ in. (54.6 cm.) long
MIDDLE KINGDOM TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 2040-30 B.C.
Including fourteen scarabs of steatite, faience, amethyst, rock crystal, lapis lazuli and carnelian, some with motifs on the undersides; together with a red steatite, black steatite and a glass heart amulet; one lapis lazuli and two carnelian djed-pillars; a lapis lazuli four-headed ram; a lapis lazuli lotus-seed pendant; and a lapis lazuli ibis-headed Thoth; all mounted together as a necklace in a modern Egyptian revival gold, enamel and gem stone setting
21½ in. (54.6 cm.) long