Ancient Egyptian carved amulet in dark green stone with finely polished details, Late Period, 26th-30th Dynasty, 664-332 BC
Size: c. 16 mm. wide and 10 mm. tall.
Condition: Good VF, intact with patination.
Provenance: Formerly in the private collection of Eberhard Hanfstaengl (1886-1973). He was a famous German Art director and head of the Berlin National Gallery as well as other higher positions. Educated as Art Historian. Comes with COA.
Relics of the Nile is pleased to present this collection of Egyptian faience amulets. The amulets range in size from 5/8" to 1" each in height. Included are an amulet of Anubis, a standing goddess, shu, a seated Isis with Horus, and the cat deity Bastet All have completely intact and unclogged suspension loops and the she amulet has a collection number remaining on the bottom. All are Egyptian late period, ca. 664 - 50 B.C...
Ancient Egyptian and Near Eastern Faience and Glass beads, various sizes . Nice lot beautiful blue beads.
ANCIENT FAIENCE EGYPTIAN "MUMMY BEADS" BRACELET
EGYPT, HYKSOS, Circa, 1550 BC
Impressive wearable bracelet, beautifully recomposed “Restrung” using authentic ancient Egyptian faience, terminated with sterling silver clasp so it can be safely worn today.
Dimensions:
Length: 17 cm
Width: 2.5 cm
Beware of modern fakes!
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Reference:
Egyptian Mummy beads
Egyptian bur...
A splendid large steatite scarab from the New Kingdom, 16th. century BC- 11th. century BC.
The scarab is carved with a vase (?) flanked by a pair of hieroglyphs for the Cobra / Uraeus and further down the scarab beetle finely outlined in between hieroglyphs. The scarab is also finely carved on the back and with tiny details of body, head and legs. Note also the cylindrical finials for the horisontical drill.
Size: 22 mm. long and 16 mm...
Super interesting massive amulet from an extremely old private collection, incl. the original envelope with collectors notes (late 19th.-early 20th. century).
The amulet in the shape of a double Uraeus (we think) and with an unidentified carthouche / hieroglyphs on both sides. Beautiful light torquise faiance.
Size: c. 38 mm. tall, incl. the loop.
Condition: Extremely fine and intact.
Provenance: David Utzon Frank collection, ex...
An interesting and quite attractive small limestone figure of a Noble Lady, New Kingdom, ca. 1300–1200 B.C.
The lady’s attire and hairstyle are typical of the fashion after the second half of the 18th Dynasty...
Tentosorkon – Tnt-sArknA Worker
Bab el-Gasus Shabtis - Cache II - Tomb of the Priests of Amun...
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.
Scarab Thutmosis III / Reign 1479–1425 BC / 14mm
Comparison: Skarabäen und andere Siegelamulette aus Baseler Sammung. Page 246 n.276
Condition: look at pictures.
From an old German collection.
If you are interested, feel free to send me a offer a.v.d.b@egyptian-artefacts.de
Ancient Egyptian Red Fayence sphinx with a cat or lioness body with a four-stranded Nubian hair style 1,5 cm.
Dynasty 25, Kushite. For parallels see Carol Andrews, p. 79 and Fig. 78.
Provenance: Old German collection befor 1983
Condition: look at pictures
If you are interested, feel free to send me a offer a.v.d.b@egyptian-artefacts.de
Relics of the Nile is pleased to present this lovely ancient Egyptian boat figure. The figure features all original pigment and has beautiful traits. The hair is painted in black pigment and is the classic style from the early 11th Dynasty. The boat man wears white clothing with his exposed skin presented in red. His arms remain at his side with unclogged holes remaining in his hands that once held the boat's oars...
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.
Important collection of 8 stone axes and tools, Egyptian, 4th. millenium BC.
A selection of 8 ancient stone axes in Basalt, Gneist and perhaps Jadeite or Jasper(?),
These are in high demand and typical for this period in Egypt, used for everyday work of grinding and chopping, wooden carvings, cosmetics etc.
A gem collection with some beautiful colours!
Sizes: 2,5 to nearly 6 cm...
Userhatmes – wsr-HAt-ms Type 1 Worker
Bab el-Gasus Shabtis - Cache II - Tomb of the Priests of Amun.
Also known as Userhetmes, Ouserhatmes
The name means ‘The (Holy barque) wsr-Hat-ms is born
Wab-priest at the prow of the sacred barque of Mut, mistress of the sky, Scribe of the treasury of the supreme chief of the harem of Amen, Wab-priest of Amen, the king of the gods...
A nice classic terracotta head of a young woman, Egypt during the Roman Imperial period, c. 1st. cent. AD.
The head nicely mounted to a large mable plint.
Size: 12 cm. incl. the plint, the head along 5 cm.
Ex. Old Collection from Berlin, bought from the 1930s and onwards!
Scarab for Thutmosis III / Reign 1479–1425 BC / 19mm
Condition: look at pictures
From an old German collection
If you are interested, feel free to send me a offer a.v.d.b@egyptian-artefacts.de
Shabti for Amenhatpamecha Typ 3
Bab el-Gasus Shabtis - Cache II - Tomb of the Priests of Amun
Amenhatpamecha – imn-HAt-pA-mSa Type 1
Also known as Amenemhatpamecha, Amenhatpamesha, Amenemhet, Imenhatpamecha, Amumemhatpamescha.
The name means ‘Amen is at the front of his army’, ‘Amen is the commander/chief of the army‘, see the remarks at type 4...
A very attractive large Udjat eye amulet, Egyptian, and probably Late period, mid 1st. millenium BC.
The amulet is vcarved in a hard Diorite stone, very beautiful in hand.
Size: 26-27 mm. wide and very thick.
Condition: Choice and as made, the drill went wrong, visible at the back so the artist drilled another hole just beside the first one.
Private Collection, ex Jürgen Haering, aquired at Galerie am Museum, Freiburg, 2008.
Third Intermediate Period, 22nd Dynasty
Inscription:Mwt-n-ip3t m3e .t-hrw : I am Mut-en-ipet, justfied
Ranke 1952, PN II p...
Pakharu – pA-xArw Worker
Bab el-Gasus Shabtis - Cache II - Tomb of the Priests of Amun.
Also known as Ahaneferamon, Ahaneferamen, Pakharou, Pacharu, Pachel
The foreign name Pakaru means ‘The Palestinian’, he was also named Ahanéferamon, the brave fighter of Amen (Aubert). The name Pakharu is used on his shabtis and Book of the Dead. Both names can be found on the shabti boxes and Amduat papyrus
God’s father of Amen, the king of the gods, P...
Bright blue faience shabti inscribed with black hieroglyphs reading: “The Osiris Nes-Mut”.
Curiously, the epithet Osiris is noted here in retrograde writing in relation to the name.
The figurine wears a tripartite wig with a frontal band tied at the back. The face shows barely visible eyes and eyebrows. The arms are crossed and the hands hold two colored hoes. The seed bag behind is held by straps.
The name Nes-Mut is frequent since the New Kingdom, which makes it diff...
A pair of ancient Egyptian bronze and inlaid stone eyes. Late Period, 600-300 B.C. Right eye measures 2 inches wide. Left eye measures 1 3/4 inches wide. Originally, from a NYC private collection.
Depicting a figure seated on his haunches, his legs spread apart, his testicles indicated toward the right to accommodate his enormous phallus which rises up the left side of his body and rests on the top of his head, his left hand supporting his phallus. 1 3/4 inches high. Late Period to Ptolemaic period, 664-30 B.C. Imperfections as shown. Purchased on the Julia Schottlander, London art market in the early 1980s.
The identity of the figure is unclear, but often the figure is identifiable as...
Highly stylized female figure carved from a piece of bone. The prominent head with two deep vertical incisions that delimit the sides of the nose and of the pursed lips. Swiftly incised horizontal lines to delineate the brow and the chin. The eyes and other details may have been painted.
Deep incisions across the chest, marked lines around the waist. Drilled holes to the sides of the breasts, to thread through a piece of string to attach separate arms. Drilled hole at the left ear level.
...
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. The costume of living with which this shabty is covered presents a significant starched front loincloth; this one covers the th...
Mehunedjem Type 1 – mHw-nDm
Bab el-Gasus Shabtis - Cache II - Tomb of the Priests of Amun.
Also known as Mehounedjem, Mehtaunedjem
The name means ‘The pleasant North-wind’
During the evacuation of the Bab el Gasus cache, Bouriant registered Mehunedjem on his shabtis list. We only know of this person’s existence from the shabtis that were found
Mehunedjem is one of the persons from the B&G cache, who cannot be matched with any of t...
Rare Egyptian pottery jar or beaker, NAQADA I - II, c. 4000 - 3200 BC.
Attractive conical jar in fine hardburnt redish and darker pottery.
Size: 6,8 cm. tall and 9 cm. wide.
Condition: Very fine, a couple of small chips to rim nicely restored, intact with no cracks. Pencil number from older collection on the side.
From French Collection, Ex Bonhams Auktion 23.10.2021, Lot 285. Ex Joseph Klein collection, formed in New York between 1941 - 1980.
Origin: Egypt
Material: Faience
Dimension: 1,6 cm.
Handle-ornament decorated in relief with a shepherd reclining on an acanthus, playing double-pipes. A lyre hangs from the tree which is shading him, on the left a sheep that looks on.
Triangular handle ornament from a mold made pottery lamp. Broneer type XXI (very rare with figural decoration). Light brown clay, covered with a brown slip.
Ink inscribed back: 1278, and label underneath 1278.
Published as item no. 356, p. 131, pl. 99 in: Paul Pedrizet. Les terres cuites grecques d...
Ancient Egyptian late period c 664-343 bc bronze amulet figure of the god Osiris with heavy patina . Size H 3" the figure stands on a beautiful ancient Roman or mediterranean glass bead with red and yellow banding.
An good Two-finger amulet, Egypt, Late Period, 664 - 322 B.C.
The stylized amulet carved in grey-black stone.
Size: 29-30 mm. long.
Condition: Good Very fine, intact with minor wear and fine patination.
Two-finger amulets were used for the dead and were often found on the lower left of the torso. This is the area of the incision that was made during the mummification process in order to remove the internal organs. These amulets were meant magically to ...
Shabti for Psusennes II (Pasebakheniut II) Worker
Excavated in 1940 by Pierre Montet in Tanis, tomb III
Cairo Museum, overseer JE 86959, worker JE 86958
Photo: Tanis, L’or des pharaons pg. 136-137
Origin: Egypt
Period: Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty
Date: 959 – 945 BC
Material: Fayence
Dimension: 7,0 cm.
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Large bone doll with prominent head and segmented body. The round face with wide nose and slit mouth. The eyes drawn in ink and still faintly visible. The hair of the figure is piled up high and combed sideward.
Pierced at the chest level for fixation of separate arms which were bent forward at the elbow.
In the cavities remains of a light brown pigment that covered the piece.
These figures are often classified as dolls and may have served as inexpensive toys. They were plac...
Meretamen / Amenmeret – imn-mrt Typ 1
Bab el-Gasus Shabtis - Cache II - Tomb of the Priests of Amun.
Also known as Meretamon, Meretamun, Meretimen, Imenmeret, Amenmeret
The name means ‘The beloved of Amen’
Mistress of the House, Chantress of Amen-Re, the king of the gods, Musician of the choir of Mut, great lady of Isheru, Nurse of Khonsu the child.
Daughter of HPA Menkheperra A and Isememkhebit C and (half-)sister of Pinedjem II, Ankhefenmu...
Shabti for prince Hor – Nakht
In the classic mummy position with arms crossed over the chest. Inscription "High Priest of Amun-Re, Hori".
Origin: Egypt
Period: Third Intermediate Period, 21th – 22th Dynasty
Date: 1050 - 780 B.C.
Material: Fayence
Dimension: 15,0 cm.
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