This is a lovely ancient Egyptian Scarab, c. 1250 BC, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is 5/8” long (16 mm) and made of steatite, an easy-to-carve stone that hardens when heated. Scarabs empowered life and resurrection and were often placed under mummy wrappings to protect the body and help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup.
This is an ancient Egyptian Scarab, c. 1800 BC, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is 5/8” long (16 mm) and made of steatite, an easy-to-carve stone that hardens when heated. Scarabs empowered life and resurrection and were often placed under mummy wrappings to protect the body and help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup.
This is a lovely blue ancient Egyptian Scarab, c. 1800 BC). It is 1/2” long (13 mm) and made of steatite, an easy-to-carve stone that hardens when heated. Scarabs empowered life and resurrection and were often placed under mummy wrappings to protect the body and help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup.
Scarce authentic antique medieval Islamic ceramic bowl, Syria or Egypt from the 14th-15th century, Mamluk period.
It rests on a disc-shaped short foot and is decorated with black and blue painted underglaze. The interior features a central medallion with a scrolling lotus flower, while the walls have a band of lotus petal lappets enclosing cloud-like rings...
Shabti figures were placed with ancient Egyptian burials to act as servants in the afterlife, to undertake menial tasks and produce food for the deceased. The hieroglyphics on this shabti, from Memphis, are an extract from the Book of the Dead.
This ushabti figurine is depicted as a worker holding two hoes for work in the fields of Osiris in the afterlife. He is wearing a tripartite wig which falls down between the shoulders...
Shabti for Undjebauendjed
Wearing a round wig covering her ears, this funerary statuette is of proportions balanced despite its small size. The Face is expressionless. Chin Wears a goatee hairpiece. The forearms are crossed over the chest, the right over the left and were to hold the stick and the classic whip, symbol of this character's Charge, now missing...
Ancient egyptian clay Shabti with white coating and remains painting of ägyptian blue.
This Shabtie comes with a full Laboratory Ralf Kotalla result.
Shabti figures were placed with ancient Egyptian burials to act as servants in the afterlife, to undertake menial tasks and produce food for the deceased. The hieroglyphics on this shabti, from Memphis, are an extract from the Book of the Dead...
A nice terracotta head of Bes, fragmentary and corroded, but substantial and with fine classic features, Egyptian, Late-Roman Period, 500-100 AD.
Comes attached to the original German gift letter from the 1920s-1930s.
Size: 70 x 55 mm.
Ex. Old German Private Collection.
Shabti for Padjneith
Padjneith Wears a tripartite wig, arms crossed right over left on the chest with his hands holding the tools (pickaxe, hoe and the twisted rope of a hanging basket behind the left shoulder). the braided and curly divine beard is typical of the characters since the XXVIth dynasty. The body has no inscription, only the dorsal pillar bears one...
This is an interesting ancient Egyptian Scarab, c. 1200 BC, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is 5/8” long (16 mm) and made of steatite, an easy-to-carve stone that hardens when heated. Scarabs empowered life and resurrection and were often placed under mummy wrappings to protect the body and help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup.
This is a lovely ancient Egyptian Scarab, 1200 BC, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is 5/8” long (16 mm) and made of steatite, an easy-to-carve stone that hardens when heated. Scarabs empowered life and resurrection and were often placed under mummy wrappings to protect the body and help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup.
This is a fine ancient Egyptian Scarab, 1200 BC, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is 7/16” long (11 mm) and made of steatite, an easy-to-carve stone that hardens when heated. Scarabs empowered life and resurrection and were often placed under mummy wrappings to protect the body and help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup. The bottom is a scarab pushing up the sun, with cobras on either side.
This is a lovely ancient Egyptian Scarab, c. 1200 BC, from the famous Mitry collection (see our Homepage). It is 1/2” long (13 mm) and made of steatite, an easy-to-carve stone that hardens when heated. Scarabs empowered life and resurrection and were often placed under mummy wrappings to protect the body and help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup.
This is an unusually large (3,8cm) scarab from the Third Intermediate Period. The scarab is incised with a hawk, a vulture and a scarab, all have outstretched wings.
The hawk and vulture are holding a „shen“ in each claw.
In Egypt, wings don't usually mean flightworthiness so much as protection...
An ancient Egyptian Scarab, c. 400 BC. It is 9/16” long (14 mm) and made of steatite, an easy-to-carve stone that hardens when heated. Scarabs empowered life and resurrection and were often placed under mummy wrappings to protect the body and to help it resurrect. This Scarab comes in a jewelry display cup.
A vintage necklace in fine twisted silver wire of ancient clay mummy beads and a large faience amulet of Bes, Late period to Roman period, c. 600-100 BC.
Size: 43 mm. for the amulet, the necklace is 29-30 cm. in a double row. Incl. a couple of - probably modern but old - charms in bronze or cobber.
Condition: Nice Very fine and intact.
Provenance: Collection of Gunna Munkvad, Denmark, aquired from the 1960s-1980s.
The horizontal inscription reads: “Illuminate the Osiris of the priest of the goddess Smentet, PA-DI-USIR”. He was a priest of the goddess Smentet and priest of the sanctuary of Ptah-Un! His moters name is given as Irbinat.
This ushabti figurine is depicted as a worker holding two hoes for work in the fields of Osiris in the afterlife. He is wearing a tripartite wig which falls down between the shoulders. He has an Osiris-type beard which ends in a tight forward curl...
Shabti for Mehy - Kha 2
Origin: Egypt
Period: New Kingdom, late 18th-early 19th Dynasty
Date: c. 1300 B.C.
Material: White glazed Fayence
Dimension: 11,3 cm...