Lot Essay
Item two: traces of white ink inscription on shaft.
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PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH-1ST CENTURY B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE SITULA
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH-1ST CENTURY B.C.
Depicting the dedicant before an altar making an offering with lotus flower, before ithyphallic Amun, two goddesses, Ptah and Sekhmet, two sun barques in the register above, below a winged scarab worshipped by the three Souls of Pe and Buto, with lotiform base, twin suspension loops and later loop handle; and an Egyptian bronze crook, ribbed with traces of inlay in the grooves, tang for attachment below, Late Period to Ptolemaic, 7th-1st Century B.C.
5½ in. (14 cm.) high and 6¾ in. (17.2 cm.) long respectively (2)
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH-1ST CENTURY B.C.
Depicting the dedicant before an altar making an offering with lotus flower, before ithyphallic Amun, two goddesses, Ptah and Sekhmet, two sun barques in the register above, below a winged scarab worshipped by the three Souls of Pe and Buto, with lotiform base, twin suspension loops and later loop handle; and an Egyptian bronze crook, ribbed with traces of inlay in the grooves, tang for attachment below, Late Period to Ptolemaic, 7th-1st Century B.C.
5½ in. (14 cm.) high and 6¾ in. (17.2 cm.) long respectively (2)
Provenance
Collection of the late Gavin Todhunter.
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