A dark green glazed faience amulet depicting the dwarf shaped deity Ptah.

Egypt, 1st Millennium BC

Legs lost, a chip to the glaze on the forehead.

Size: 2.6 x 1.5 cms

Ex. collection: C. R. Stone, UK; acquired around Heliopolis in Egypt during the early 1940's. Mr. Stone was attached to the intelligence division of the Royal Air Force and based in Egypt for a large part of World War II.