LOT 36:
EGYPTIAN FAIENCE AMULET OF HATMEHYT
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EGYPTIAN FAIENCE AMULET OF HATMEHYT
Ca. 664 - 332 BC. A faience amulet depicting the goddess Hatmehyt, was worshipped in the Delta city of Mendes. Her name means "She who is before the fishes". The text on the back pillar is innacurately carved but readable "Word to say: Hatmehyt may she live". Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 1861,0425.22.Size: 60mm x 23mm; Weight: 14.09gProvenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

