REIGN OF PSAMMETICHUS, CIRCA 7TH CENTURY B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER ALABASTRON WITH ROYAL INSCRIPTION
REIGN OF PSAMMETICHUS, CIRCA 7TH CENTURY B.C.
The shoulder with black incised hieroglyphs reading: "The good god, Psamtek, may he live for ever", the body and neck decorated with thin wheel-cut lines, twin vestigial handles on either side of the cartouche, rim chipped
5 in. (12.8 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

Without the prenomen it is uncertain to which royal Psammetichus this inscription refers, but it is possibly Psammetichus I, under whom Egypt returned as the dominant power in the Near East. Psammetichus III was defeated by the Persian army in 525 B.C. at Pelusium and subsequently transported to Susa.

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