1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND PTOLEMAIC PERIOD
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AN EGYPTIAN 'MUMMY' BEAD NECKLACE WITH ATTACHED TRIPLE BRONZE OSIRIS
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND PTOLEMAIC PERIOD
The triple bronze Osiris, 5 cm. high; a green stone heart scarab, 5.8 cm. high; and a quantity of mainly turquoise glazed composition amulets, including a seated baboon, ibis-headed Thoth and a cat-headed goddess, mainly Late Period-Ptolemaic, circa 6th-1st Century B.C., 4.5 cm. high av. (18)
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND PTOLEMAIC PERIOD
The triple bronze Osiris, 5 cm. high; a green stone heart scarab, 5.8 cm. high; and a quantity of mainly turquoise glazed composition amulets, including a seated baboon, ibis-headed Thoth and a cat-headed goddess, mainly Late Period-Ptolemaic, circa 6th-1st Century B.C., 4.5 cm. high av. (18)
Provenance
Acquired in the 1960s or early 1970s.
Exhibited
Rotterdam, Historisch Museum, Bezeten Bezit, Keuzetentoonstelling uit de verzameling van Mevrouw W.G. Elias-Vaes te Rotterdam, exhibition catalogue, 18 April - 1 August 1970, no. 685 (item 1) and 712 (Djed-pillar).
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Julia de Jong
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