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MIDDLE KINGDOM TO ROMAN PERIOD, 2040 B.C.-200 A.D.
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A NECKLACE OF ANCIENT EGYPTIAN AMULETS
Middle Kingdom to Roman Period, 2040 B.C.-200 A.D.
Including twenty-five scarabs, twenty of which are of faience or glazed steatite, one of green feldspar, one of haematite, one of carnelian, one of porphyry and one of lapis lazuli, together with a green feldspar crouching sphinx, two carnelian wadjet-eyes, two carnelian heart amulets, a lapis figure of Nephthys, a carnelian djed-pillar, an amethyst crouching baboon, a red jasper solar-disk, a spherical amethyst bead and a gold falcon-headed deity, all mounted in a gold necklace of circa 1920, the clasp bearing French hallmarks
16¼ in. (41.3 cm) long
Middle Kingdom to Roman Period, 2040 B.C.-200 A.D.
Including twenty-five scarabs, twenty of which are of faience or glazed steatite, one of green feldspar, one of haematite, one of carnelian, one of porphyry and one of lapis lazuli, together with a green feldspar crouching sphinx, two carnelian wadjet-eyes, two carnelian heart amulets, a lapis figure of Nephthys, a carnelian djed-pillar, an amethyst crouching baboon, a red jasper solar-disk, a spherical amethyst bead and a gold falcon-headed deity, all mounted in a gold necklace of circa 1920, the clasp bearing French hallmarks
16¼ in. (41.3 cm) long