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thereafter private US collection
Mounted on a custom
similar to Memphis's Apis bull
They are common from around 7000 BCE and have remained in continuous use in parts of the world to the present day
ancient surface patina
An Egyptian Faience Amulet of Lion-headed Goddess, 21st Dynasty , ca. 1069 - 945 BCE Price - Under $1000 thereafter private US collectionThis finely modeled turquoise blue faience amulet depicts a seated lion headed goddess holding a shrine shaped sistrum upon her knee. Although at first glance the figure appears to represent Sekhmet, the presence of the sistrum, an instrument strongly associated with Bastet and cultic music, complicates the identification. This ambiguity reflects a well known issue in Third Intermediate Period amuletic iconography, in which leonine and feline
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