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DYNASTY XIX, REIGN OF RAMESSES II, 1279-1212 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE PLAQUE
DYNASTY XIX, REIGN OF RAMESSES II, 1279-1212 B.C.
With the cartouche of Ramesses II, 2 x 1 in. (5.1 x ¾ cm.); a bone cylinder seal, with seven incised columns of rudimentary hieroglyphs, probably 3rd millennium B.C., 1 1/8 in. (3 cm.) high; a steatite oval button seal, reverse two reclining dogs; a hardstone square button seal, rev. ibex and lizard, both Late Old Kingdom-First Intermediate Period, 2553-2040 B.C., 1 in. (1.9 cm.) long; a fragmentary steatite cylinder seal, Middle Kingdom, 2133-1797 B.C.; a clay seal impression, New Kingdom, 1550-1070 B.C., 1¼ in. (3.3 cm.) high; a wooden stamp seal of Ta-di-ra, with two feathers above, cobra below, Late Period, 664-332 B.C., 2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm.) long; a large glazed frit barrel-shaped Kushite 'eye' bead, inscribed Nefer-ka-ra, Shabaka, Dynasty XXV, 716-702 B.C., 1½ in. (3.8 cm.) long; a brown stone plummet amulet; a dark grey glass double plumes amulet, both Late Period, 664-332 B.C., 1¼ in. (3.2 cm.) high max.; a red steatite trussed bull amulet, New Kingdom/Late Period, 1¼ in. (3.2 cm.) long; and a green glazed composition recumbent ram amulet, Late Period, 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm.) long (12)
DYNASTY XIX, REIGN OF RAMESSES II, 1279-1212 B.C.
With the cartouche of Ramesses II, 2 x 1 in. (5.1 x ¾ cm.); a bone cylinder seal, with seven incised columns of rudimentary hieroglyphs, probably 3rd millennium B.C., 1 1/8 in. (3 cm.) high; a steatite oval button seal, reverse two reclining dogs; a hardstone square button seal, rev. ibex and lizard, both Late Old Kingdom-First Intermediate Period, 2553-2040 B.C., 1 in. (1.9 cm.) long; a fragmentary steatite cylinder seal, Middle Kingdom, 2133-1797 B.C.; a clay seal impression, New Kingdom, 1550-1070 B.C., 1¼ in. (3.3 cm.) high; a wooden stamp seal of Ta-di-ra, with two feathers above, cobra below, Late Period, 664-332 B.C., 2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm.) long; a large glazed frit barrel-shaped Kushite 'eye' bead, inscribed Nefer-ka-ra, Shabaka, Dynasty XXV, 716-702 B.C., 1½ in. (3.8 cm.) long; a brown stone plummet amulet; a dark grey glass double plumes amulet, both Late Period, 664-332 B.C., 1¼ in. (3.2 cm.) high max.; a red steatite trussed bull amulet, New Kingdom/Late Period, 1¼ in. (3.2 cm.) long; and a green glazed composition recumbent ram amulet, Late Period, 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm.) long (12)
Provenance
Acquired in Egypt between 1956-1958.
Sold to benefit The Hans Goedicke Foundation for Egyptology.
Sold to benefit The Hans Goedicke Foundation for Egyptology.
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