An Egyptian Bronze Situla, Early Ptolemaic Period, ca. 4th - 3rd century BCE Gods & Goddesses Made of low-fired clay

Made of low-fired clay

There is no way of knowing if they were all manufactured in Egypt and exported

Provenance:   Paul Ilton private collection

Strung on a 24-inch 14K yellow gold chain

An Egyptian Bronze Situla, Early Ptolemaic Period, ca. 4th - 3rd century BCE Gods & Goddesses Made of low-fired clayCast using the lost wax method, this fine, tapering vessel features a rolled rim, and rounded bottom with knobbed base. It is decorated in raised relief, the wide central register with a dedicant holding a lotus flower staff next to an offering altar, making offerings to the three deities, Isis with cow horn crown, Nephthys, and Amun Ra, each holding the life sign ankh in their right hand and a was scepter in their left, the lower register with