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Numismatic Auction 49  2 February 2016
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Lot 293

Estimate: 200 USD
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An Egyptian blue faience image of Duametef, Late Period, c. 664 - 343 BC. , one of the 'Sons of Horus', a jackal-headed deity who guarded the liver. Nice blue-green color and two holes for attachment to the bandages of the mummy. L: 3 in (7.6 cm). These Sons of Horus figures came to replace the canopic jars in the tomb equipment in the later Egyptian Dynastic period, some burials having both jars and these figures, which were placed within the bandages of the mummy. Ex-Orange county private collection. Est. Value $200 - $300.
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