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Amulet of a djed-pillar
Egyptian
Findspot: Egypt, Giza, Pit G 7540 X-II, in debris
Medium/Technique
Faience
Dimensions
Width x height: 1.5 x 3.9 cm
Credit Line
Harvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession Number27.1974
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ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Amulets
DescriptionThis complete amulet is made of a light green faience and is bored. 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 Giza, Pit G 7540 X-II, in debris. 1927: excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.