Ancient Egypt, Second Intermediate Period, 15th to 17th Dynasty, ca. 1650 to 1550 BCE; New Kingdom, 18th to 20th Dynasty, ca. 1550 to 1077 BCE; Late Dynastic Period, 26th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 664 to 332 BCE; Roman, Imperial Period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A lovely gathering of faience amulets from ancient Egypt and a stone intaglio from the Roman Empire. A pair of Egyptian Second Intermediate Period faience scarabs display either repeating fish-form hieroglyphs or a sphinx with one paw raised. A New Kingdom stone scaraboid has a smooth topside and the image of an ungulate carved into the base. A mold-formed faience pendant of Bes from the Late Dynastic Period shows the deity wearing his signature feathered crown. A hand-carved yellow stone stamp seal from the Roman Empire bears the incised image of a somewhat emaciated lion. Size of largest (Bes amulet): 0.53" W x 1.15" H (1.3 cm x 2.9 cm)
Provenance: ex-Stein collection, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA, acquired prior to 2010
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Condition
Small chips to Roman stamp seal and Bes pendant as shown; remaining 3 scarabs are intact and very good. All items have softening to some finer details and light encrustations within some recessed areas. Great preservation to most detailing.