Lot Essay
For a similar example see no. 66, pp. 136-137 in Capel and Markoe, Mistress of the House, Mistress of Heaven, Women in Ancient Egypt.
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THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXI-XXIV, 1070-712 B.C.
Details
AN EGYPTIAN GOLD AEGIS AMULET
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXI-XXIV, 1070-712 B.C.
In the form of an elaborate broad collar surmounted by the head of the goddess Sekhmet as a lioness, wearing a striated tripartite wig and a solar-disk fronted by a uraeus, the details finely incised, a suspension loop on the reverse
1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm.) high
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXI-XXIV, 1070-712 B.C.
In the form of an elaborate broad collar surmounted by the head of the goddess Sekhmet as a lioness, wearing a striated tripartite wig and a solar-disk fronted by a uraeus, the details finely incised, a suspension loop on the reverse
1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm.) high
Provenance
with Galerie Nefer, Zurich.
Acquired by the owner in the 1980s.
Acquired by the owner in the 1980s.