GROUP OF EGYPTIAN AMULETS

New Kingdom - Late Period, Ca. 1700 - 332 BC An ensemble of five carved stone and faience amulets. First on the left is a jasper Djed pillar. The second is a Second Intermediate / Hyksos period scarab made of steatite. It has an inverted papyrus plant depicted on the base with a central nefer sign, representing “beauty, goodness.” The third is a steatite scarab with three hieroglyphs (ankh, Horus falcon, solar disc and maat-feather). The fourth and the fifth are collar beads made of blue faience. For similar see: Amulets, of Ancient Egypt, Carol Andrews, Published by British Museum Press.
Size: 18-31mm x 45572mm; Weight: 6.6g
Provenance: Property of a London gallery; previously in a collection of a North London gentleman; formerly in a collection of Mrs B. Ellison, a deceased former member of the Egyptian Exploration Fund, bought from the 1940s, Cairo and London.

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Estimate: GBP 300 - 600