Re: [Ancientartifacts] Re: Ancient Egypt Stela and Horus Statue

Hi Laird

 

The 'stela' simply, as you say is not a stela at all.  The workmanship just does not look ancient.  Ancient qwork tends to be much better quality than this.  As for the protruding tongue...  what on earth is that for?!

 

The Horus falcon is simply a tourist souvenir.  The style is completely wrong for any sort of Egyptian antiquity.  I've seen this stuff for sale over and over again in Luxor, Aswan, Cairo etc.  This particular seller is renowned for never selling an authentic artefact.  He gives his location as Cairo, which should be a good clue since export of antiquities is prohibited by law and punishable with life imprisonment.  The words at the end of the description, "Dating used as suggested guideline" are intended to be the seller's get-out against misrepresentation, but are entirely contrary to eBay ruels and wouldn't count for a bean in a court of law.

 

Tim

 

 

---- Original Message -----

From: carpediem7291

To: Ancientartifacts@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 12:51 AM

Subject: [Ancientartifacts] Re: Ancient Egypt Stela and Horus Statue

Can you tell me why you believe them to be fakes?

Laird.

--- In Ancientartifacts@yahoogroups.com, Musiconmyhead@... wrote:
>
>
> Entirely fakes
>
> A joke
>
> Sebastian
>
> Dans un e-mail daté du 27/04/2008 12:13:18 Paris, Madrid (heure
d'été),
> carpediem7291@... a écrit :
>
>
>
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm just being introduced to antique collecting, and I've two
pieces
> that were found on eBay which I would like to have validated as
> originals.
>
> The first is a Stela from Ancient Egyptian time period. There is
very
> little information given by the seller and he/she has yet to
respond
> to my inquiries. I am hesitant to accept its legitamacy because
it
> seems far too undersized (measuring at 10x7x1 cms) to act as a
Stela
> (tomb/boundary marker or votive statue) and is lacking any
inscribed
> writing which may describe for what or whom the piece was created.
> The eBay site is here:
> _http://cgi.ebay.http://cgi.ebay.http:_
> (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?)
> ViewItem&item=item=<WBR>16&<WBR>fromMakeT<WBR
>
> Secondly, I found a limestone statue of Horus the falcon,
purportedly
> from Ancient Egypt, New Kingdom. It is in seemingly perfect
> condition, including full paint, and a perfectly sharp beak.
> Corresponding eBay site:
>
_http://cgi.ebay.http://cgi.ehttp://cghttp://cgi.ebay.http://cgi.ebay
_
> (http://cgi.ebay.com/ANCIENT-EGYPTIAN-COLORED-LIMESTONE-HORUS-
FALCON-)
>
STATUE_W0QQitemZ170STATUE_W0QQitemZSTATUE_W0QQitemZSTATUE_W0QQitemZST
AT
> rdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
>
> If anyone could help me out with these two items, I would be
quite
> grateful. Thank you.
>
> Laird R.
>

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