Antigo Egito, Pré-dinástico Faience Shu Amulet

Fine ancient Egyptian faience Shu Amulet. Shu kneels with arms raised, a sun disk is shown over his head, alluding to the sky. He is the god of the air and associated with the principle of life. In the Heliopolitan creation myth, Shu initiated life by raising the sky to separate it from the earth.

For a comparable amulet see (last picture):
- W. M. Flinders Petrie, Amulets, pl. XXX , 167 e,f

Date: Egypt, Late Period, 26th - 30th Dynasty, circa 664 - 332 B.C.
Material: Faience
Size: ca. 1,5 cm
Condition: intact
Provenance: private Frech collection, prior to that estate (S.T., East Sussex, Great Britain), bought from the former owner while he was based in Egypt during WW2 from a dealer in Cairo called: "Sheik Hamad Ibrahi, Antiquities, Dealer Mena House, Pyramides-Cairo"

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