EGID With the head of a goddess, wearing a tripartite wig and surmounted by a modius formed by uraei and a frontal uraeus. The lower part is in the form of a wide ousekh necklace closed by falcon heads. The fine incisions in the necklace represent pearls, with an udjat eye in the centre. The eyes are inlaid. Bronze with dark green patina. 17 x 18 cm Egypt, Late Period, 664-332 BC A Late Period Bronze Aegis with head of goddess, probably Hathor with inlaid eyes, 664-332 B.C.E. Provenance Former private collection, Madrid acquired on the art market in the 1980s