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EA50 A Late New Kingdom funerary stele of Nefer-ka : SOLDA limestone funerary stele, carved in shallow relief, depicting a standing figure, clad in kilt and broad collar making an offering to Osiris in the form of the falcon-headed god Horus. Osiris wears the atef crown, a kilt, has a bull’s tail and holds a Was scepter and an ankh. Below are three lines of hieroglyphic text which read "An offering that the King gives Osiris, foremost of the Westerners, Great God, Lord of ... ...that he may give an invocation offering of flesh and fowl, beer and wine to the spirit of Nefer-ka Sokar Osiris". The rest of the text is unclear but there then seems to be a reference to an "offering to Bastet". Some surface chips and losses partially affecting the 2nd and 3rd lines of text, but the depiction and text essentially intact. Stele measures 36 cm/14.5 ins. high and 25 cm/10 ins. in width and is provincial in style. Late New Kingdom or possibly Third Intermediate Period, c.1200 - 600 B.C. Ex Florence Wesley Collection, New York. A superb centrepiece to any Egyptian collection.EA51 A provenanced group of faience mummy beads, Late Dynastic Period, c. 1085-332 B.C. : £ 105A multi-stranded necklace of faience mummy beads, composed of brown, blue and white small circular beads, and mainly blue long cylindrical type beads. One strand broken and with a few loose beads, otherwise condition good. From Memphis, Late Dynastic Period, c. 1085-332 B.C.Ex A.E. Hudd Collection and previously in the collection of the artist Lyndon Goodwin Harris RI, RSW, RWA (1928-2006).EA52 A Late Period funerary stele fragment of the Lady of the House Ta-bakht-Khonsu with substantial text : SOLDA limestone funerary stele fragment of the top right hand corner, carved with a well-stocked offering table in the centre, the ibis-headed god Thoth on the right facing left, and the remains of a seated Osiris on the extreme left. The text names Osiris with various epithets and asks for offerings, and refers to Thoth "I am Thoth Lord of Ashmunein, true of voice". Behind Thoth stands "the Lady of the House, Ta-bakht-Khonsu", the owner of the stela. Her mother is a like-named woman and her father, a priest of the temple of Amun called Padiamun. The inscription topped by an outstretched vulture wing and a central solar disc with uraei. Fragment measures 228 mm/9 ins. high. The figures of Thoth and Ta-bakht-Khonsu damaged as shown but a good-sized fragment with a substantial readable inscription, Late Dynastic Period, c. 664 - 332 B.C.Acquired in Egypt during the Second World WarEA53 An Ancient Egyptian cosmetic spoon in bone or ivory : £ 70An Ancient Egyptian cosmetic spoon in bone or ivory, measuring 77 mm/3.0 ins in length, a small chip from the end of the stem, otherwise condition good, Late Ptolemaic or Roman Period, c. 100 B.C – 400 A.D.Ex Myers Collection, Ex K. Amery Collection, London, previously sold by Eternal Egypt, Wimbledon, London, and published as No. 19 in their catalogue ‘Osiris -Egyptian Antiquities’ (September 1993).EA54 A polychrome painted coffin panel showing mirror images of Anubis, Late Dynastic Period, c. 600 B.C. : £ 750 NEW!A polychrome painted panel from a wooden coffin, with a mirror image of jackels painted in black on a light umber background, a white and brown linear design below, minor wear to the painted surface. The reverse unpainted with some minor insect damage. A number of open peg holes, one with retained peg. Panel measures 331 mm/13 ins. x 126 mm/5 ins., Late Dynastic Period, c. 600 B.C.Ex Hugh Stanley Russell (1924-2000) Collection. |
EA50: SOLD |
EA51: £105
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EA52: SOLD |
EA53: £70
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EA52: Detail of text |
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