Amulet of a djed-pillar
Egyptian
Dimensions
Height: 2.2 cm (7/8 in.)
Accession Number
72.2410
Medium or Technique
Faience
Not On View
Collections
Africa and Oceania, Jewelry, The Ancient World
Classifications
This amulet is of a pale green faience with a glaze. It has light colored incrustation. This amulet is rude work and has a ring at the top. The amulet represents the djed-pillar. The pillar, which symbolized the spinal column of the funerary god Osiris, was the hieroglyphic symbol for stability.
Provenance
By 1836: Robert Hay Collection, Linplum, Scotland; 1863: to his son, Robert James Alexander Hay; 1868-1872: Way Collection, Boston (purchased by Samuel A. Way through London dealers Rollin and Feuardent, 27 Haymarket); 1872: given to the MFA by Samuel's son, C. Granville Way.
Credit Line
Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way