Circa 664-332 BC, Late Dynastic Period An ancient Egyptian faienceposite amulet of Anubis depicted in a standing motion with his left leg forward, arms at his side, he wears a pleated kilt and tripartite wig. Back-pillar perforated laterally behind shoulders. Mounted in a 22kt gold pendant with suspension loop connected to a necklace. Anubis, the jackal-headed god, oversaw the embalming process. He also bore the epithet "lord of the hallowed ground," meaning protector of the necropolis. Anubis had a significant role in the judgment of the dead when he supervised the weighing of the heart for Osiris. Size: L:41.5mm / W:10.7mm; 6g Provenance: Property of a London Gentleman; formerly in a private UK collection formed in the the 1990s.