In the center of the bowl is a shallow raised boss that allowed the phiale to be held more easily in one hand
making the eyes as a whole one of the most outstanding features of this piece
The historic gold pendants are fitted to removable modern 14K hoops
which features the white crown of Upper Egypt flanked by two ostrich feathers
curator in the Department of Eastern Antiquities at the Musee du Louvre from 1908 to 1925
An Egyptian Neith Shuttle Amulet, Late Period, ca. 664 -332 BCE Price - Under $1000 In the center of theThis figure of eight object, perhaps a shield, with two arrows crossed behind it. The fetish of Neith as amulet, however, which does not occur before the Twenty sixty Dynasty, represents two bows tied together, a version which had long since ousted the original fetish in most other sources. Often there is a total lack of internal detail, the outline reduced to two fishtail ends and two long convex sides. Since Neith was one of the four goddesses who