Ancient Egyptian Faience Amulet, Late Period, ca. 700 - 300 B.C. Glazed fazed amulet of a reclining bull with carving on the base just like a scarab. Two uraeus flank a center glyph. 5/8"L, intact/generally very good condition.
From a board game that was popular among both the middle and upper class of ancient Egypt. Senet Gaming Piece, New Kingdom, ca. 18th Dynasty. Constructed from glass and Egyptian paste and molded into a dome shaped piece. Wonderful iridesecense. Lucite mount. 1/2"H x 3/4"D, intact, save chipped tip.
Rare ancient plaque amulet of a Scorpion (Serket a goddess). Dates to the 26th Dynasty and measures 3/4" in length. Nice dark green-black faience with suspension holes. Has insription on back.
The scorpion is one of the earliest known hieroglyphic signs and was depicted on wooden and ivory labels found in the late-Predynastic and Early Dynastic royal cemetery at Abydos and also among the cache of cult equipment in... Click for details
Brilliant blue color! Ancient Egyptian Faience Amulet, Late Period, ca. 700 - 30 B.C. Glazed pottery amulet of a Horus Falcon wear a crown. 5/8"H, small chip to right side of tail, else excellent. PROVENANCE: Ex-Private TX Collection, ex-Secret Eye Gallery, NYC.
Ancient Egyptian Faience Amulet, Late Period, ca. 700 - 30 B.C. Glazed faience pottery amulet of the child Horus holding his finger to his mouth. Crisp detailing, nice color. 7/8"H, intact/excellent condition. PROVENANCE: Ex-Private TX Collection, ex-Secret Eye Gallery, NYC.
An ancient Egyptian terracotta figure of a nude male figure, dwarf-like in appearance resting on a long phallus curving upward. Most likely part of a larger statue. Has traces of white pigment. Dates to the Roman period, measures 3 3/4 inches in length.
Lovely coloured faience amulets of the god Ra and two of Shu. The actual word “Shu” means being dry, withered or parched and was associated with the hot sunlight and the dry air. He is often shown holding the sun as in this fine example. He was considered the god of the space and light between the earth and the sky and was also believed to hold power over serpents. Shu also held the ladder to the heavens that the deceased would climb in order to reach the other realm. Being master of the Air, it... Click for details
An exquisite seated Osiris, depicted mummiform, the fisted hands emerging from beneath his vestment and crossing his chest, holding a crook and a flail, wearing a plaited false beard curved out at its tip, the plumed atef crown fronted by a uraeus ... Click for details
The arch with four perforations on each side for attachment of the cross bars, surmounted by a recumbent baster in the form of a feline, her litter of two kittens before her, flanking a falcon, the handle with back to back busts of Hathor, the parton of music, wearing... Click for details
Aweidah Gallery is pleased to offer this ancient Egyptian museum quality bronze figure of God NEFERTUM, god of perfume, and unguents, wearing the lotus and feather headdress with pendant menats, XXVI-XXXth Dynasty, 664-343 BC
In Egyptian mythology, Nefertem (also Nefertum, Nefer-Tem, Nefer-Temu) was originally just the young Atum (his name means beautiful Atum, i.e. youthful Atum), at the creation of the world, who had ... Click for details
