An Egyptian steatite ram-headed scarab
Third Intermediate Period, 25th Dynasty, circa 747-702 B.C.
With finely detailed ram's head, incised with a pair of winged cobras on the wing-case, the underside shows a ram-headed sphinx seated in the shade of a tree before a nefer sign, with winged sun disc above and neb sign below, 1½in (37cm) long
Third Intermediate Period, 25th Dynasty, circa 747-702 B.C.
With finely detailed ram's head, incised with a pair of winged cobras on the wing-case, the underside shows a ram-headed sphinx seated in the shade of a tree before a nefer sign, with winged sun disc above and neb sign below, 1½in (37cm) long
Sold for
£11,400
inc. premium
Footnotes
- Provenance:
Private collection, acquired in London in the 1970s.
Category: Antiquities
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