Mekhit

Late Period, 664 – 332 BC

Blue-green faience.

H 5.6 cm

The amulet in the form of a woman with a lion's head and a double feather crown with cow´s horns and a sun disc represents the local deity Mekhit from Abydos. The goddess wears a tight-fitting garment that reaches down to her ankles and a tripartite wig with lion's mane and lion's ears. A suspension loop at the back head. Intact.

Published

Galerie Günter Puhze – catalogue Kunst der Antike 11, Freiburg im Breisgau 1995, no. 338

cf.

C. Andrews, Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London 1994, p. 34

Provenance

German private collection H. W. (1931-2018), acquired 1995 at Galerie Günter Puhze.

Accompanied by an IADAA Interpol search certificate.

Price

€ 1,800

Item

7539

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