Faience necklace. Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, 1070-664 BC. A restrung necklace with blue seed beads, small wedjet (Eye of Horus) beads, and a central, quadruple wedjet (14.8cm; diameter of central amulet: 20mm). Cf. Petrie, Amulets pl. XXIV, 139f (for Eye of Horus beads) and 140g (for central amulet).
From the Carl Devries Collection, with collector tag reading "11/27/69 beads, Sayyid CCO").
Acquired from Sayyid (Sayed) Molattam, a well-known, Luxor-based antiquities dealer from whom Devries purchased many of his pieces.