THREE EGYPTIAN AMULETS
NEW KINGDOM TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 1550-30 B.C.
Including a turquoise blue faience plaque with Bes playing the tambourine; a turquoise blue faience Pataikos positioned back-to-back with a jackal-headed Anubis wearing a pleated kilt, on an integral plinth; and a glazed steatite Pataikos cippus amulet, with an elaborate headdress, a monkey on each shoulder, standing on two crocodiles, the reverse with a winged goddess in relief, the base with a motto in hieroglyphs naming Imhotep
Bes: 1¼ in. (3.1 cm.) high (3)
THREE EGYPTIAN AMULETS
NEW KINGDOM TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 1550-30 B.C.
Including a turquoise blue faience plaque with Bes playing the tambourine; a turquoise blue faience Pataikos positioned back-to-back with a jackal-headed Anubis wearing a pleated kilt, on an integral plinth; and a glazed steatite Pataikos cippus amulet, with an elaborate headdress, a monkey on each shoulder, standing on two crocodiles, the reverse with a winged goddess in relief, the base with a motto in hieroglyphs naming Imhotep
Bes: 1¼ in. (3.1 cm.) high (3)
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