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PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 304-30 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE BABOON AMULET
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 304-30 B.C.
Depicted squatting on his haunches, the tail curving forward around his right side, the genitalia exposed, his fur stippled and voluminous, his animated face with circular eyes and an elongated snout, holding a wadjet-eye in his forepaws, on an integral plinth, a suspension loop at the back
1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm.) high
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 304-30 B.C.
Depicted squatting on his haunches, the tail curving forward around his right side, the genitalia exposed, his fur stippled and voluminous, his animated face with circular eyes and an elongated snout, holding a wadjet-eye in his forepaws, on an integral plinth, a suspension loop at the back
1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm.) high
Provenance
with Sayed Molattam, Luxor, Egypt, early 1970s.
Rita Livingston (1931-2013), Sedona, Arizona.
Rita Livingston (1931-2013), Sedona, Arizona.
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