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Ancient Egyptian Amulet Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Egyptian: Faience: Pre AD 1000 item# 694449
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A nicely detailed blue green faience amulet of the goddess Nut as a rooting sow. The body of Nut the sky goddess formed the arch of the heavens and she gave birth to the sun each morning and swallowed him each evening. The sow’s habit of sometimes eating her own piglets was the basis for it’s association with Nut. Late period 664-300 BCE. Length 17.5 mm Height including suspension loop15.5mm. Intact with no chips.

Ancient Egyptian Cat Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Egyptian: Faience: Pre AD 1000 item# 660925
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An Egyptian faience bead in the shape of a cat. The color is faded but there is decent detail, only the front is modeled and it is pierced at the neck for stringing. Late Third Intermediate Period circa 800-700 BCE. Height 22mm. beads in the shape of cats are not common.

Ancient Glass Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Roman: Glass: Pre AD 1000 item# 660911
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A late Hellenistic or early Roman trail decorated glass bead. The body is dark, appearing black, with a delicate pale green trail laid on and dragged into festoons. A superb example in virtually pristine condition, certainly the best of its type in my collection. See Spaer, Ancient Glass in the Israel Museum #153. Circa 1st cent. BCE, 1st cent. CE. Length 33mm, diameter 12mm.

Ancient Egyptian Statuette Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Egyptian: Pre AD 1000 item# 654408
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A Roman Egyptian terracotta statuette of the child Horus. He is depicted seated, with a large hairdo and a rather small crown. He has the forefinger of his right hand to his lips and he holds a fowl that resembles a chicken under his left arm. There is something missing on Horus' right side, perhaps a vessel of some sort, otherwise intact with some incrustation. 1st-3rd century CE. Ht. 14.5 CM

Ancient Egyptian Bracelet Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Egyptian: Stone: Pre AD 1000 item# 652436
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A prehistoric or early Dynastic stone bracelet. This bracelet demonstrates that the Egyptians had mastered working with stone very early in their history. The outside of the bracelet is ground smooth but the inside still shows the signs of chipping. Outside diameter 6.7cm. Thickness ranges from 3.5 to 4mm.

Roman Glass Beads Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Roman: Glass: Pre AD 1000 item# 644576
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Three crumb beads two are disc shaped and the other round. Rod formed and rolled over small chips of multi colored glass. The larger with green, white and yellow crumbs. The mid sized with white and red crumbs [some losses], the smaller with red and white crumbs. Diameters are 20mm, 15mm and 11mm. 3rd-4th century CE

Ancient Glass Bead Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Roman: Glass: Pre AD 1000 item# 634498
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A mosaic glass eye bead, elliptical in shape but flattened so that the eyes are on the sides. The bead is black with white stripes and the eyes are red with a black center. Intact with the white weathered on one side. Late Roman or early Byzantine. Length 18mm, 8.5 mm thick one way and 12mm the other. Rather scarce since I have not been able to find a parallel.

Ancient Glass Bead Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Middle Eastern: Pre AD 1000 item# 634478
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An eye bead with trails. The bead appears to be black with light color trails which are now very iridescent. The eyes are applied and and are of a light color, possibly yellow with a dark center. Early Islamic, possibly from Syria, circa 7th-8th Century CE. See Spaer, Ancient Glass in the Israel Museum #129 for a similar bead. Length 26mm, dia. 15mm.

Ancient Egyptian Amulet Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Egyptian: Faience: Pre AD 1000 item# 628164
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A faience amulet of Thoth portrayed as a baboon. The baboon is the form of Thoth often used when he is depicted as the inventor of writing and the scribe to the gods. Intact with some loss to the glaze but with good detail. Height 13 mm. Late period circa 664-300 BCE.

Amarna Period Amulet Catalogue: Antiques: Regional Art: Ancient World: Egyptian: Faience: Pre AD 1000 item# 627951
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An attractive blue faience amulet of a dancing Bes playing a drum or a tambourine. Typical Amarna color with much better than average detail considering it's diminutive size. Suspension loop broken but otherwise intact. Height 11mm. Amarna period Circa 1352-1336 BCE

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