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32 - ANCIENT EGYPTIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF A PRIESTESS
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ANCIENT EGYPTIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF A PRIESTESS EGYPT, PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, C. 330-30 B.C. bronze, depicting a priestess (or possibly Seshat) with a simple headdress, holding a heka (crook) across her body, raised on a bespoke mount 9.5cm tall Provenance: Mr G. H., England, UK; acquired 1980s For the interpretation of Seshet's attributes see George Hart, A Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses (London, 1986), p.193 Hermann A. Schlögl and Regine Buxtorf, ‘Eine außergewöhnliche Bronzefigur der Göttin Seschat’, Sokar: Geschichte & Archäologie Altägyptens, no.30 (Berlin, 2015), p.91-93, dated as New Kingdom
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