381, Lot: 702. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Late Dynasties to Ptolemaic Period. 664-64 BC. Faience amulet of Tawaret (43mm). Tawaret, goddess of childbirth and fertility, with the head of a hippopotamus, stands on a rectangular base. Suspension hole at back. Broken at legs and repaired.

From the Carl Devries Collection.