A turquoise-coloured glazed faience amulet of a cobra in the form of a uraeus, with a coiled body behind the upreared head. Suspension loop behind the head. 
 
Egyptian Late Period, 664-332 B.C.
 
Condition: Complete and intact.
Length 3.1 cms (1.2 ins)
 
Provenance: From a private collection acquired by the previous owner's father in the 1950's.
 
Reference: See Carol Andrews' Amulets of Ancient Egypt (London 1994) page 76. 
 
Carol Andrews explains that the uraeus was an amulet that provided the non-Royal dead with the protection normally reserved for royalty, but which, because of the sloughing of its skin, also symbolized resurrection. 
 
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