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LARGE EGYPTIAN FAIENCE DJED PILLAR AMULET
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
5 in. (78 grams total, 12.5 cm high including stand).
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
5 in. (78 grams total, 12.5 cm high including stand).
Olive-green glazed composition amulet with ribbed panel, flared base; mounted on a custom-made stand.
PROVENANCE:
Ex Phillipps collection, with old labels to verso.
Private collection of Mr T.H., Norfolk, UK.
LITERATURE:
Cf. similar in the collection of the British Museum under accession no.EA58105.
FOOTNOTES:
The djed pillar signifies the concepts of 'permanence' and 'stability' and was a common funerary amulet from the Old Kingdom onwards. It was first associated with the gods Ptah and Sokar, but later became a symbol of Osiris, representing the god's backbone. In this context, the djed pillar appears in Chapter 155 of the Book of the Dead, concerned with the resurrection of the deceased.
