BRILLIANT BLUE FAIENCE SAKHMET AMULET

BRILLIANT BLUE FAIENCE SAKHMET AMULET

Lion-headed goddess striding in close-fitting dress, left leg forward, wearing tripartite wig, striated manes, carrying papyrus sceptre, loop on top behind ears; wig, ears and sceptre, armlets, bracelets and anklets in black color

Ex priv. coll. Mr. F. of Surrey (1909-1984), acquired 1960s
H. 7,4 cm. Intact, mounted on black stand

Late Period, 6th-4th cent. BC

Cf. R. David, The Macclesfield Collection of Egyptian Antiquities, Warminster 1980, no. B3;

C. Andrews, Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London 1994, fig. 8a