TimeLine Auctions, August 2016 Antiquities & Coins Auction, Lot 52 Egyptian Ba Soul Figure Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 BC. A carved wooden figurine of the Ba, or soul, in avian form with human head on a rectangular base, pierced vertically; red, blue, white and black pigment detailing. 64 grams, 10.5cm (4") Property of a Gloucestershire, UK collector; acquired UK, 1990-2015. The ancient Egyptians believed that ...