Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
15-17 December 1924
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/633
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Sotheby's. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Ms, Po eeeeeneneenenmmenenentetnememnnenn Riese) Wie | An exceptionally large Head Rest of hematite, the pillar 57 f— hexagonal in section, the base 1din. long; XX VI dynasty Z 5 (S59) SB Seven hematite Amulets: THUERIS, of fine work, 12 in. high, | another, smaller, two Head Rests, a Plummet, a Square, and a remarkable Amulet of OsIRIs, mummified, lying face downwards on a bier; AX VI dynasty 166 Nine others: three Head Rests, two Plummets, a Square, two papyrus Sceptres, and a Heart; XX VI dynasty 9 53/467 An extremely fine Amuletic Scarab of obsidian ; a Two-finger jf 7 Amulet; a Plumes; and Sam of the same material ; XX VI ? dynasty to Ptolemaic 5. 168\ A remarkable Amulet of red limestone representing a Canopic Jar with human head, on one side is engraved the name df tf— CLEOPATRA within a cartouche and on the other a figure of Zee a hawk; Ptolemaic [PI. 1] oie 5 aes ie ©. 169 A finely carved steatite Ram’s Head, crowned with a disc and wearing a collar with a scarab in the centre, 1 in. high ; he an Obelisk of black stone, 1Zin. high; a Model of the Usekh Collar of yellow jasper (2); a curious combined Nefer and Sam; a Hippopotamus ; and a vara headed eee Crocodile, the tail turned under the body [PI. 1], add rare amulets the last extremely so; various periods S. 170} A curious Amulet representing a monkey carrying a goat- skin (2); a Model of a mummified Cat (2); a miniature x 7. ‘Pilgrim ” Bottle ; a large Food Offering ; a Hippopotamus; CO a Bulti Fish; a Flying Scorpion; a Neith Emblem; a pebble Pendant; and a Vulture with a scorpion on the / eles base; various periods 10 GDP 6. @ Seven large Amulets of granite, ete.: an Uzat, a Dad, a Hawk, a Cowrie, and three T'wo-finger Amulets, one of bloodstone (2), and one with remains of gilding ; various periods 4. a Twenty small Amulets of granite and other stones, including an Obelisk, a Cowrie, a Vulture, a Sow, Clothing Amulets, etc. various periods 20 173 Sixteen stone Amulets, chiefly of animals ; various periods 16 174 Fifteen stone Amulets, including combined Ankh and Uas Sceptres of alabaster, an A-shaped Amulet, Sam, Shen, Double Plumes, Maat Feather, Cartouche, Clothing Amulet, etc., some inscribed ; various periods 15
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