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Light green glazed faience amulet shows a triad of three Gods, Harpokrates, Isis, and Neith, traces of light blue. In Egyptian mythology, a "triad" is a group of three Gods that make up a family unit. Loop on the backside. Ptolemaic. 305-30 BC (1 ¾" x 1 ¼"). sadighgalleryegypt.com
Faience, miniature amulet of Bes, the Egyptian dwarf God believed to guard against evil spirits and misfortune. 18th Dynasty, 1570-1342 BC
Blue glazed faience Taweret amulet, the pregnant hippopotamus Goddess responsible for fertility and the protection of women in childbirth. 18th Dynasty. 1570 - 1342 BC (1 ½” x ¾”)
Faience, miniature amulet of a standing Anubis, the jackal-headed God who presided over mummification and accompanied the dead to the hereafter. Ptolemaic. 305-30 BC
Blue glazed faience baboon amulet. Baboon was sacred to the God Thoth. Hole for wearability. 18th Dynasty. 1570 - 1342 BC (1" x ½")
Made from green glaze faience, the forerunner of glass, Isis is seated on a throne, her infant son, Horus, on her lap. Isis was perhaps the most important Goddess of all Egyptian mythology in that her most important functions were those of Motherhood, marital devotion, healing the sick and the working of magical spells and charms. Hole for wearability. Ptolemaic. 305-30 BC (3/4").
antique amulet from Valdivia culture representing an abstract beeing on white background. Part of La Tolita region, north of Ecuador in Esmeralda province.
Ancient brown agate amulet with red spot found near Bactrian tombs. 4500 years b.p.
Now in my collection.