Auction 001 Part 1
Ancient Art, Antiquities
By TimeLine Auction Limited
Contact auction house
Mar 5, 2024
The Court House, 363 Main Road, Harwich, CO12 4DN, UK
Terms of sale
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Egyptian (Lots 1-30)
- Greek (Lots 31-99)
- Roman (Lots 100-202)
- Byzantine (Lots 203-224)
- Western Asiatic (Lots 225-280)
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- Western Asiatic (Lots 281-295)
- Arms & Armour (Lots 296-314)
- Stone, Bronze and Iron Age (Lots 315-370)
- Viking, Saxon and Germanic (Lots 371-402)
- Medieval (Lots 403-433)
- Post Medieval (Lots 434-438)
- Natural History (Lots 439-450)
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LOT 2:
Egyptian Memphis Triad Amulet
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Start price:
£
440
Estimated price :
£500 - £700
Buyer's Premium: 36%
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Egyptian Memphis Triad Amulet
Late Period, 664-332 B.C. Rectangular plaque with ledge to the lower edge, ribbed loop above, the half-round figures of the goddesses Nephthys and Isis wearing their characteristic headdresses flank the figure of the young Horus wearing the sidelock of youth. Cf. Andrews, C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p.18-19; a comparable Late Period example is in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory no. 17.194.2444. 9.1 grams, 37 mm high (1 3/8 in.).
From an early Home Counties, UK, collection, 1930-1940.Ex London, UK, collection.
The deities of this triad are the protagonists associated with the myth of Osiris.
