COLLECTION OF EGYPTIAN FAIENCE DEITIES AMULETS. Ca. 1550 - 30 BC. A collection of five faience amulets including Thoth with an ibis head, Anubis with a jackal head and Taweret depicted as a pregnant hippopotamus. 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, 30; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 74.51.4481, 2021.41.33. Size: 36-42mm x 10-16mm; Weight: 23g Provenance: Private UK collection; Ex. European collection formed since the 1970s.