Bidspirit auction | EGYPTIAN FAIENCE PENDANT WITH HIEROGLYPHIC

EGYPTIAN FAIENCE PENDANT WITH HIEROGLYPHIC INSCRIPTIONS - Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC. A faience pendant of cuboid form with each of the four vertical faces incised with hieroglyphs. The base is carved with a scarab. A lateral perforation is drilled through the tapering top for suspension.For similar see: Catalogue of Egyptian scarabs, etc. in the British Museum, 1913, cat. 2649.Size: 19mm x 10mm; Weight: 3gProvenance: Private London collection; previously acquired from a New York private collection formed in the 1980s. This piece is accompanied by an authentication statement from Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.