Egypt, Middle Kingdom (c. 2055-1650 BC), Carnelian hippopotamus head amulet, 11mm, 0.60g; New Kingdom, red jasper hair ring, 14mm, 2.02g; Late Period, feldspar Tauret, 21mm, 2.08g; carnelian amulet of Udiat eye, 14mm, 0.67g; amulet of a papyrus sceptre, 28mm, 0.89g [5]. All very fine £240-£300

All bt Helios Gallery; fourth Gustave Mustaki Collection, exported under license from Egypt; last from a collection in Bayeux [acquired before 1940]

Tauret was a hippopotamus-goddess of pregnant women and of childbirth.