234 EGYPTIAN POLYCHROME CARTONNAGE MUMMY MASK WITH GILT FACE, striped tripartite headcloth, and a broad collar. Later Ptolemaic Period, 2nd-1st Century BC. H. 19 7/8 in. (50.5 cm.) Ex French collection.
Egyptian Silver 235 EGYPTIAN SILVER SITULA WITH DEMOTIC INSCRIPTION: ISIS GIVES LIFE There are apparently no other known Egyptian silver situlae. Ptolemaic Period, 305-30 BC H. 3 7/8 in. (9.9 cm.); wt. 205 gr. Ex California collection. For inscribed bronze situlae, especially from Saqqara see: C. Insley Green, The Temple Furniture from the Sacred Animal Necropolis of North Saqqara 1964-1967, Excavation Memoirs 53, London, 1987, pp. 86-87, with hieroglyphic inscription ‘Isis gives life.’
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236 URARTIAN WHITE MARBLE CYLINDRICAL STAMP SEAL: AN ARCHER in front of a tree at right. At left is a winged figure and a winged quadruped; beneath is a scorpion. Ca. 7th Century BC H. 1 1/8 in. (2.86 cm.) Ex collection of H. Ebnoether, Germany. For similar, see: L.Vanden Berghe, Urartu - een vergeten cultuur uit het bergland Armenie, 1982, pp. 236237, nos. 229-232.