Egyptian Faience Amulet with Figures
Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 B.C. The large architectural amulet, rectangular in section with base and scarab finial; the narrow sides each with a high-relief standing figure, both holding a flail, wearing a royal nemes headdress and solar disc; the wider sides each with a facing male figure within a naos surmounted by a smaller facing figure, one Harpocrates holding a snake, the other Bes(?) with a high-plumed headress; repaired. See Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, for discussion. 100 grams, 95 mm (3 3/4 in.).

Ex property of a London gentleman; acquired in the 1970s. Private collection of Mr T.H., Norfolk, UK.

The presence of Harpocrates holding a snake and possibly Bes, suggests that this functioned as a cippus amulet offering protection and with curative properties.