EGYPTIAN FAIENCE URAEUS COBRA AMULET Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC. A faience amulet in the form of a rearing cobra with sinuous body and flared hood, shown coiled on a rectangular base. The body features a small suspension hole pierced through the raised upper section behind the head. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 74.51.4508. Size: 29mm x 23mm; Weight: 3g Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the London art market in the 1970s. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.