Beschreibung : Third Intermediate Period, 1070-712 B.C.
The miniature openwork shrine containing a free-standing ram-headed aegis, the top of the front panel of the shrine adorned with a winged solar disk, the left panel with a seated human-headed deity wearing the Red Crown and supporting an ostrich feather, the right panel with a seated falcon-headed deity surmounted by a crescent moon and solar disk, also supporting an ostrich feather, the back panel with a spread-winged falcon wearing a solar disk, with smaller ostrich feathers above each wing
1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) high
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Über das Lot Chargen- 17 Titel : An Egyptian 'Blue' Votive Naos, EPOCHE : 1070.0 Größe : 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) high Herkunft : with Galerie Nefer, Zürich, 1994. Literature : F.D. Friedman, ed., Gifts of the Nile, Ancient Egyptian Faience, no. 131, pp. 143 and 231. Anmerkung : EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES FROM THE COLLECTION OF ALAN M. MAY