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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 Number20.673
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Amulets
DescriptionThis gold amulet has incised details on one side only. This crude work has a ring in the back, around which there is an incised circle. 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. Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, February 1918; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.