Description:

Egyptian, Second Intermediate Period to Late Dynastic Period, 14th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 1725 to 332 BCE. This is a fine collection of 3 faience and stone beads and amulets from ancient Egypt. The first a dark faience bead with a long barrel shape, decorated with rows of knobs, and pierced all the way through for suspension. The light brownstone steatite button has an engraved seal face with a bird and winged disc motif, surrounded by four neb signs. The domed top has a rosette motif and radiating petals. The last is a pale brown stone amulet in the form of the Sacred Eye, also known as wadjet (also wedjat, "Eye of Horus"). Size of tubular bead: 1" L x 0.2" W (2.5 cm x 0.5 cm); circular bead: 0.5" L x 0.25" W (1.3 cm x 0.6 cm)

Provenance: private Toronto, Ontario, Canada collection, by descent, acquired in Egypt in 1894 to 1896

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#167153

  • Condition: Barrel bead is intact, with dark discoloration and earthen deposits. Rosette bead is intact with minor surface abrasions. Eye amulet has a chip or loss to lower edge and minor surface pitting.

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