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| EGYPTIAN SILVER SITULA WITH DEMOTIC INSCRIPTION: ISIS GIVES LIFE There are no other known Egyptian silver situlae. For inscribed bronze situlae, especially from Saqqara see: C. Insley Green, The Temple Furniture from the Sacred Animal Necropolis of North Saqqara 1964-1967, Excavation Memoirs 53 (London, 1987) pp. 86-87 with hieroglyphic inscription ‘Isis gives life.’ Cf. M. Lichtheim, “situla No. 11395 and some Remarks on Egyptian Situlae,” JNES 6 (1947) pp. 169-179. G. Botti, ‘Vasetto in Rame con iscrizione demotica del Museo Egizio de Torino,” in Omaggio a Giuseppe Botti (Milan, 1984), pp. 73-75 (situla with a long demotic inscription). Ex California collection. Ptolemaic Period, 305-30 BC H. 3 7/8 in. (9.9 cm.); wt. 205 gr. Art of the Ancient World, 2010, no. 235 KF0902C $35,000 Sales |
