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Amulet of a djed-pillar
Nubian
Napatan Period
Object Place: Sudan
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Overall: 1.2 x 0.9 cm (1/2 x 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number20.672
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Amulets
DescriptionThis gold amulet is incised with details on one side only. The ring is in the back, around which is an incised circle. It is crude work. The amulet represents the djed-pillar. The pillar, which symbolized the spinal column of the funerary god Osiris, was the hieroglyphic symbol for stability.
ProvenanceFrom Nuri, Pyramid LIX. February 1918.