COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN FAIENCE DEITIES AMULETS. Ca. 1550 - 30 BC. A collection of five faience amulets representing animal-headed deities, including Anubis, depicted as a standing figure with a jackal head, elongated snout, and upright ears; Thoth with an ibis head, a narrow beak extending downward, and arms held close to the body and Khnum, shown with a ram’s head and curved horns. Each is standing on an integral flat plinth, supported by a pillar at the back, with a suspension loop either through the pillar or above the head. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition. For similar see: Andrews C., Amulets of Ancient Egypt, British Museum Press, Cat. 20, 23; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 74.51.4481. Size: 41-46mm x 14-18mm; Weight: 28g Provenance: Private UK collection; Ex. European collection formed since the 1970s.