Faience, 0.69 grams, 16.29 mm. Old Kingdom 6th Dynasty, 2345-2181 BC. A dark green amulet with yellow glazed detailing representing the zad or pillars which support the vault of heaven. Made with a transverse piercing for suspension. Reference: Flinders Petrie, W.M. Amulets Illustrated by the Egyptian Collection in University College, London, London, reprinted 1994, p.15 class 35. Provenance: from an old English collection. Very fine condition.

Faience, 0.33 grams, 10.21 mm. Third Intermediate Period 1069-702 BC. A pale green amulet of a sow with characteristic arched back and dangling teats. The sow was among the animals sacrificed to Osiris annually and represented the night sky with its litter of stars. Made with a transverse piercing for suspension. Reference: Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, pl.35. Provenance: from an old English collection. Very fine condition.

Faience, 0.72 grams, 16.64 mm. Saite 26th Dynasty, circa 664-525 BC. A pale turquoise amulet featuring Shu, kneeling with arms upraised supporting a sun-disc above. Shu was responsible for raising Nut, the sun, and supporting her in the air. Made with a transverse piercing for suspension. Reference: Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p.19. Provenance: from an old English collection. Very fine condition.

Faience, 0.46 grams, 19.54 mm. Saite Period 664-525 BC. A pale green amulet in the shape of the wadj or papyrus staff which assured the wearer of rejuvenation according to the rites recorded in the Book of the Dead. Made with a transverse piercing for suspension. Reference: Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p.82. Provenance: from an old English collection. Very fine condition.

Faience, 0.44 grams, 12.08 mm. Ptolemaic Period, 305-30 BC. A turquoise amulet depicting the aviform female sphinx with wings held parallel to the recumbent body. Made with a transverse piercing for suspension. Reference: Flinders Petrie, W.M. Amulets Illustrated by the Egyptian Collection in University College, London, London, reprinted 1994, p.40 class 185. Provenance: from an old English collection. Very fine condition.

Faience, 0.57 grams, 14.17 mm. Saite Period 664-525 BC. A turquoise bead depicting the Red Crown of Lower Egypt with front scroll extension. Made with a transverse piercing for suspension. Reference: Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p.75. Provenance: from an old English collection. Very fine condition.

Faience, 0.66 grams, 26.18 mm. 12th to 19th Dynasties, circa 1991-1279 BC. A dark green bead of elliptical form, open at the reverse, similar to a serekh or name-announcer for the dead, pierced horizontally and vertically. Reference: Flinders Petrie, W.M. Amulets Illustrated by the Egyptian Collection in University College, London, London, reprinted 1994, p.21 class 77. Provenance: from an old English collection. Very fine condition.

Faience, 0.89 grams, 15.98 mm. New Kingdom, circa 1550-1070 BC. A deep blue amulet depicting a flower of the papyrus plant. Made with a longitudinal piercing for suspension. Reference: for floral amulets, see Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, pl.65-6. Provenance: from an old English collection. Very fine condition.

Faience, 0.86 grams, 21.31 mm. Late Dynastic Period, circa 715-332 BC. A deep green amulet depicting a seated Isis suckling the infant Horus. Made with a transverse piercing for suspension. Reference: Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p.22-3. Provenance: from an old English collection. Very fine condition.

Faience, 0.85 grams, 25.14 mm. Circa 26th Dynasty 664 BC. A pale green amulet depicting the god Min, the wind, whose presence could only be shown by the ruffled feathers of the plumed headdress. The god's right arm is raised to wield a flail while his left clutches his groin. Made with a transverse piercing for suspension. Reference: Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, pl.11. Provenance: from an old English collection. Very fine condition.

Faience, 0.81 grams, 20.10 mm. Saite Period 664-525 BC. A pale green amulet depicting the god Thoth, associated with writing, walking in his human form with the ibis head. Made with a transverse piercing for suspension. Reference: Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, fig.20. Provenance: from an old English collection. Very fine condition.

Faience, 0.70 grams, 19.73 mm. Saite Period 664-525 BC. A pale green amulet depicting the god Thoth, associated with writing, in his human form with the ibis head. Made with a transverse piercing for suspension. Reference: Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p.24. Provenance: from an old English collection. Very fine condition.

Faience, 0.44 grams, 14.80 mm. Twenty-sixth to Thirtieth Dynasties circa 664-343 BC. A pale green amulet depicting Khnum, the ram-headed creator god who caused the Nile to rise and fertilize the adjoining lands. Made with a transverse piercing for suspension. Reference: Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p.24. Provenance: from an old English collection. Very fine condition.

Faience, 0.51 grams, 13.98 mm. New Kingdom, Eighteenth dynasty, 1500-1292 BC. A pale green amulet of Bes, the dwarf god with his stunted, bandy legs and bulbous head. Bes was favoured by women and children. Made with a transverse piercing for suspension. Reference: Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, pl.27. Provenance: from an old English collection. Very fine condition.

Faience, 0.62 grams, 20.15 mm. Saite Period 664-525 BC. A pale green amulet of Anubis, the jackal-headed god of embalming who had to be propitiated to ensure entry into the afterlife. Made with a transverse piercing for suspension. Reference: Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p.24. Provenance: from an old English collection. Very fine condition.

Faience, 0.75 grams, 22.06 mm. Saite Period 664-525 BC. A pale green amulet depicting the god Thoth, associated with writing, walking forwards in his human form with the ibis head. Made with a transverse piercing for suspension. Reference: Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, fig.20. Provenance: from an old English collection. Very fine condition.

Faience, 0.46 grams, 15.91 mm. Twenty-sixth to Thirtieth Dynasties circa 664-343 BC. A deep green amulet depicting Khnum, the creator god who caused the Nile to rise and fertilize the adjoining lands, in his ram-headed manifestation. Made with a transverse piercing for suspension. Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p.24. Provenance: from an old English collection. Very fine condition.

Faience, 2.13 grams, 25.38 mm. New Kingdom, circa 1550-1070 BC. A pale green amulet depicting the god Thoth, associated with writing, in his human form with the ibis head. Made with a transverse piercing for suspension. Reference: Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, fig.24. Provenance: from an old English collection. Very fine condition.

Faience, 0.80 grams, 18.45 mm. Late Dynastic Period, circa 715-332 BC. A deep blue-green amulet depicting a seated Isis suckling the infant Horus. Made with a transverse piercing for suspension. Reference: Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p.22-3. Provenance: from an old English collection. Very fine condition.

Faience, 0.49 grams, 15.43 mm. Saite Period 664-525 BC. A pale green amulet of Anubis, the jackal-headed god of embalming who had to be propitiated to ensure entry into the afterlife. Made with a transverse piercing for suspension. Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p.24. Provenance: from an old English collection. Very fine condition.

Faience, 0.38 grams, 13.75 mm. Late Dynastic Period, circa 715-332 BC. A deep green amulet depicting a seated Isis suckling the infant Horus. Made with a transverse piercing for suspension. Reference: Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p.22-3. Provenance: from an old English collection. Very fine condition.

Faience, 0.76 grams, 16.71 mm. New Kingdom, circa 1550-1070 BC. A pale green amulet featuring a baboon sitting on its hauches, a symbol of the god Thoth, associated with writing. Made with a transverse piercing for suspension. Reference: Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, fig.24. Provenance: from an old English collection. Very fine condition.

Faience, 0.83 grams, 19.70 mm. New Kingdom, Eighteenth dynasty, 1500-1292 BC. A pale green amulet of Bes, the dwarf god with his plumed headdress depicted by the corrugated top. Bes was favoured by women and children. Made with a transverse piercing for suspension. Reference: Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, pl.27. Provenance: from an old English collection. Very fine condition.

Faience, 1.36 grams, 22.16 mm. Late Dynastic Period, circa 715-332 BC. A pale green amulet depicting Isis suckling the infant Horus. Made with a transverse piercing for suspension. Reference: Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p.22-3. Provenance: from an old English collection. Very fine condition.

Faience, 1.13 grams, 16.82 mm. Late Dynastic Period, circa 715-332 BC. A creamy white amulet depicting papyrus fronds, symbolic of spring, renewed life and thus of resurrection. The amulet has three circular piercings in the top extending to a single rectangular slot in the base. Reference: Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p.81-2. Provenance: from an old English collection. Very fine condition.

Faience, 0.71 grams, 20.07 mm. Late Dynastic Period, circa 715-332 BC. A creamy white figurine of Taweret (Greek Thoeris) the hippopotamus-headed god who assisted Bes in matters of childbirth. Made with a transverse piercing for suspension. Reference: Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p.40-1. Provenance: from an old English collection. Very fine condition.

Stone, 1.26 grams, 16.79 mm. Late Dynastic Period 664-343 BC. A greenish white figure of Ptah wrapped as a mummy and wearing the archaic beard, equipped with the djed-pillar which sustains the mummy. Reference: Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, fig.11. Provenance: from an old English collection. Very fine condition.

Faience, 1.43 grams, 15.53 mm. Third Intermediate Period circa 1069 - 702 BC. A creamy white in the form of a convex cube covered with spikes, representing the hedgehog curled in a ball. The rectangular extension is pierced for suspension. Reference: Flinders Petrie, W.M. Amulets Illustrated by the Egyptian Collection in University College, London, London, reprinted 1994, p.47 and pl.XLI no.238. Provenance: from an old English collection. Very fine condition.

Faience, 0.81 grams, 18.88 mm. Late Dynastic Period, circa 715-332 BC. A creamy-brown amulet showing Bes, with pot belly and bow legs with prominent ears. This form of amulet was worn mostly by women and children. Reference: Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, pl.37. Provenance: from an old English collection. Very fine condition.

Faience, 1.06 grams, 18.43 mm. Saite 26th Dynasty, circa 664-525 BC. A pale turquoise amulet showing a lion lying with its forepaws extended; its mane is carefully depicted. Made with a transverse piercing for suspension. Reference: Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, fig.21d. Provenance: from an old English collection. Very fine condition.

Faience, 1.18 grams, 19.66 mm. Late Dynastic Period, circa 715-332 BC. A pale turquoise amulet showing Bes, with pot belly and bow legs and wearing a domed headdress. This form of amulet was worn mostly by women and children. Made with a transverse piercing for suspension. Reference: Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, pl.37. Provenance: from an old English collection. Very fine condition.

Faience, 1.06 grams, 18.31 mm. Saite 26th Dynasty, circa 664-525 BC. A pale turquoise amulet featuring Shu, kneeling with arms upraised supporting a sun-disc above. Shu was responsible for raising Nut, the sun, and supporting her in the air. Made with a transverse piercing for suspension. Reference: Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p.19. Provenance: from an old English collection. Very fine condition.

Faience, 1.16 grams, 25.31 mm. Twenty-sixth to Thirtieth Dynasties circa 664-343 BC. An amulet depicting Khnum, the ram-headed creator god who caused the Nile to rise and fertilize the adjoining lands. Made with a transverse piercing for suspension. Reference: Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, pl.27. Provenance: from an old English collection. Very fine condition.

Faience, 1.17 grams, 23.34 mm. Late Dynastic Period, circa 715-332 BC. An amulet depicting Taweret the hostile Egyptian god with the body of a hippopotamus, arms and legs of a lion and tail of a crocodile. These are animals which the Egyptians feared, making Taweret the sum of their anxieties about the animal world. Made with a transverse piercing for suspension. Reference: Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994. Provenance: from an old English collection. Very fine condition.

Faience, 0.32 grams, 12.95 mm. Saite 26th Dynasty, circa 664-525 BC. A pale green amulet featuring an erect cat symbolic of Bastet, a goddess of fertility and festivity. Made with a transverse piercing for suspension. Reference: Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p.32-3. Provenance: from an old English collection. Very fine condition.

Faience, 1.28 grams, 23.32 mm. Late Dynastic Period, circa 715-332 BC. A pale turquoise amulet showing Bes, with pot belly and bow legs and wearing a plumed headdress. This form of amulet was worn mostly by women and children. Made with a transverse piercing for suspension. Reference: Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, pl.37. Provenance: from an old English collection. Very fine condition.

Ceramic, 3.15 grams, 21.84 mm. Middle Kingdom 2133-1797 BC. A terra cotta amulet of a sow's head with characteristic triangular profile. The sow was among the animals sacrificed to Osiris annually and represented the night sky with its litter of stars. Reference: Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p.65. Provenance: from an old English collection. Fine condition.

Faience, 1.53 grams, 25.97 mm. Twenty-sixth to Thirtieth Dynasties circa 664-343 BC. An amulet depicting Khnum, the creator god who caused the Nile to rise and fertilize the adjoining lands. Made with a transverse piercing for suspension. Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, pl.27. Provenance: from an old English collection. Very fine condition.

Faience, 0.47 grams, 12.08 mm. Third Intermediate Period 1069-702 BC. A pale green amulet of a sow with characteristic arched back. The sow was among the animals sacrificed to Osiris annually and represented the night sky with its litter of stars. Made with a transverse piercing for suspension. Reference: Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, pl.35. Provenance: from an old English collection. Very fine condition.

Faience, 0.30 grams, 12.36 mm. Late Dynastic Period, circa 715-332 BC. A dark green amulet featuring the seated figure of Osiris with his crook and flail on his lap. Made with a transverse piercing for suspension. Reference: Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p.49. Provenance: from an old English collection. Good fine condition.

Faience, 0.14 grams, 8.75 mm. Old Kingdom, 2686-2181 BC. A deep green-brown amulet of a seated dog, with a transverse piercing for suspension. Reference: Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p.62. Provenance: from an old English collection. Very fine condition.

Faience, 1.79 grams, 19.34 mm. Saite Period 664-525 BC. A deep brown amulet of a sebh or set-square used in the construction of public monuments. Reference: Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p.85-6. Provenance: from an old English collection. Very fine condition.

Faience, 0.56 grams, 14.74 mm. Late Dynastic Period, circa 715-332 BC. A dark green amulet of the djed pillar, symbolic of the god Ptah and based on the heiroglyph meaning 'enduring, stable'. Made with a transverse piercing for suspension. Reference: Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p.82-3. Provenance: from an old English collection. Very fine condition.

Faience, 0.40 grams, 11.12 mm. Middle Kingdom, 2133-1797 BC. The recumbent female sphinx placed the bearer under the direct protection of the pharaoh. Made with a transverse piercing for suspension. Reference: Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p.78-9. Provenance: from an old English collection. Very fine condition.

Faience, 0.34 grams, 13.70 mm. Saite 26th Dynasty, circa 664-525 BC. A turquoise amulet showing a lion lying with its forepaws extended. Made with a transverse piercing for suspension. Reference: Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, fig.21d. Provenance: from an old English collection. Very fine condition.

Faience, 0.27 grams, 14.23 mm. New Kingdom, Eighteenth dynasty, 1500-1292 BC. A deep turquoise amulet of Bes, the dwarf god with a plumed headdress, favoured by women and children. Made with a transverse piercing for suspension. Reference: Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, pl.27. Provenance: from an old English collection. Rejoined, fine condition.

Faience, 1.08 grams, 16.42 mm. Saite 26th Dynasty, circa 664-525 BC. The upper part of a pale turquoise amulet featuring Shu, kneeling with arms upraised supporting a sun-disc above. Shu was responsible for raising Nut, the sun, and supporting her in the air. Made with a transverse piercing for suspension. Reference: Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p.19. Provenance: from an old English collection. Fine condition.

Glazed faience, 2.52 grams, 21.32 mm. Late Dynastic Period, circa 715-332 BC. The upper portion of a large amulet of Sobek, the crocodile-headed god, associated with the sun. Provenance: from an old English collection. Interesting.

Faience, 0.65 grams; 21.07 mm. Late Dynastic Period, circa 715-332 BC. An amuletic papyrus sceptre or 'Wadj', first mentioned in Coffin Text no. 206. By the time the Book of the Dead was compiled it had become a prescribed amulet. Both chapters 159 and 160 concern the placement of a papyrus column at the throat of the deceased. The Wadj guaranteed the wearer rejuvenation and linked him with the protective goddesss Wadjyt. Made with a hole through its centre for suspension. Very fine condition.

Faience, 1.16 grams; 18.91 mm. New Kingdom - Saite Period, circa 1550 - 525 BC. An amulet of royal and divine power which first appears in amuletic form as early as the First Intermediate Period. Its characteristic shape is a low cylinder with a tall spike at the back and an uncurling spiral projecting at the front. Made with a hole through its centre for suspension. Extremely fine condition.

Faience, 2.66 grams; 34.61 mm. Late Dynastic Period, circa 715-332 BC. A large amulet depicting Taweret the Egyptian god of evil who is shown with the body of a hippopotamus, arms and legs of a lion, and tail of a crocodile; all animals which the Egyptian's feared. Made with a hole through its centre for suspension. Chipped to base, otherwise very fine condition.

Faience, 0.45 grams; 14.04 mm. Late Dynastic Period, Circa 715-332 BC. A beautiful light blue coloured amulet in the form of the crocodile god. Sobek was most popular in the city of Arsinoe; the Greeks renamed the city Crocodilopolis. Ancient Egyptians would keep crocodiles in pools and temples. They ornamented the crocodiles with jewels in honor of their beloved god, Sobek. The people of ancient Egypt worshiped Sobek in order to appease him, the crocodiles, and to insure the fertility of their people and crops. Made with a hole through its centre for suspension. Extremely fine condition.