Lot Essay
Satet was the goddess of Elephantine and consort of the creator god Khnum. For a related amulet in faience see no. 17a in Andrews, Amulets of Ancient Egypt.
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PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 304-30 B.C.
Details
AN EGYPTIAN SILVER AMULET OF SATET
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 304-30 B.C.
Solid cast, the goddess depicted striding forward with her left leg advanced on an thin integral rectangular plinth, her hands at her sides, wearing a tightly-fitted sheath revealing the form of her body, including the indented navel, with an elaborate hem below her breasts, bejeweled in a broad collar, armlets and bracelets, wearing the White Crown of Upper Egypt flanked by gazelle horns and fronted by a cobra-headed scorpion, a ribbed suspension loop at the back of her neck
2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.) high
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 304-30 B.C.
Solid cast, the goddess depicted striding forward with her left leg advanced on an thin integral rectangular plinth, her hands at her sides, wearing a tightly-fitted sheath revealing the form of her body, including the indented navel, with an elaborate hem below her breasts, bejeweled in a broad collar, armlets and bracelets, wearing the White Crown of Upper Egypt flanked by gazelle horns and fronted by a cobra-headed scorpion, a ribbed suspension loop at the back of her neck
2 5/8 in. (6.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Miss Lily Place.
Minneapolis Institute of Art, 1927.
with Blumka Gallery, New York, 1975.
Minneapolis Institute of Art, 1927.
with Blumka Gallery, New York, 1975.
Literature
G.D. Scott, III, Exhibition catalogue, Temple, Tomb and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection, San Bernardino, 1992, no. 87, pp. 140 and 142.
R.H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt, New York, 2003, p. 165.
R.H. Wilkinson, The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt, New York, 2003, p. 165.
Exhibited
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, periodically 1986-1991.
San Bernardino, University Art Gallery, California State University and elsewhere, Temple, Tomb and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection, 8 January-30 December 1992.
San Antonio Museum of Art, The Sun Disk's Horizon: Life in the City of Akhenaten and Nefertiti, 1 October 1992-31 January 1993.
San Bernardino, University Art Gallery, California State University and elsewhere, Temple, Tomb and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection, 8 January-30 December 1992.
San Antonio Museum of Art, The Sun Disk's Horizon: Life in the City of Akhenaten and Nefertiti, 1 October 1992-31 January 1993.