A New-Kingdom faience pendant.
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A New-Kingdom faience pendant.
A New-Kingdom faience pendant.
Date ca.1295-1070 BCE
Period New-Kingdom, Dynasty 19th, Dynasty 20th
Origin London
Medium Faience, yellow spinel
With a negroid amulet, the reverse engraved with the goddess Sekhmet, a papyrus scepter, the 'p' hieroglyph, a hes vase and the sign nb (Lord).
Mounted in a nice and simple gold pendant set with a yellow spinel.
In Egyptian mythology, Sekhmet acted as the Eye of Re, the daughter and protector of the sun god, Re. She had the ability to make enemies fall sick or heal those who were afflicted, so she would have provided the wearer of this amulet with protection from disease and other dangerous forces.
Mounted in a nice and simple gold pendant set with a yellow spinel.
In Egyptian mythology, Sekhmet acted as the Eye of Re, the daughter and protector of the sun god, Re. She had the ability to make enemies fall sick or heal those who were afflicted, so she would have provided the wearer of this amulet with protection from disease and other dangerous forces.
Date: ca.1295-1070 BCE
Period: New-Kingdom, Dynasty 19th, Dynasty 20th
Origin: London
Medium: Faience, yellow spinel
Provenance: Old private collection of a Lady, prior 1980s
Mounted later
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