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MIDDLE KINGDOM AND NEW KINGDOM, CIRCA 1800 AND 1400-1300 B.C.
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AN AMETHYST FEMALE SPHINX AMULET AND EIGHT 'AMARNA' 'FAIENCE', STEATITE AND CORNELIAN AMULETS
MIDDLE KINGDOM AND NEW KINGDOM, CIRCA 1800 AND 1400-1300 B.C.
Comprising an amethyst crouching female sphinx in profile wearing long lappets; an 'Amarna' bluish-purple 'faience' crouching frog with red eyes, rev. hieroglyphs for happiness and truth/justice; another 'Amarna' bright blue 'faience' frog with black eyes, rev. sa- hieroglyph for protection; another bright green frog with red eyes; a bluish-purple 'Amarna' 'faience' grasshopper; a steatite reclining ibex, its head tucked under by its back legs, rev. ankh (life) sign between two uraei; a cornelian crouching monkey; a glazed steatite twin-headed duck scaraboid, rev. Amen-re, all .5/8 in. (1.6 cm.) high max., and a turquoise 'faience' scarab of Neb-maat-re (Amenophis III), .11/16 in. (1.8 cm.) long (9)
MIDDLE KINGDOM AND NEW KINGDOM, CIRCA 1800 AND 1400-1300 B.C.
Comprising an amethyst crouching female sphinx in profile wearing long lappets; an 'Amarna' bluish-purple 'faience' crouching frog with red eyes, rev. hieroglyphs for happiness and truth/justice; another 'Amarna' bright blue 'faience' frog with black eyes, rev. sa- hieroglyph for protection; another bright green frog with red eyes; a bluish-purple 'Amarna' 'faience' grasshopper; a steatite reclining ibex, its head tucked under by its back legs, rev. ankh (life) sign between two uraei; a cornelian crouching monkey; a glazed steatite twin-headed duck scaraboid, rev. Amen-re, all .5/8 in. (1.6 cm.) high max., and a turquoise 'faience' scarab of Neb-maat-re (Amenophis III), .11/16 in. (1.8 cm.) long (9)