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Djed-Pillar Amulet
Ancient EgyptianPtolemaic Period (332–30 BCE)
- Attribution
- Egyptian
- Medium
- Faience
- Physical dimensions
- 4.7 × 1.9 × 0.7 cm (1 15/16 × 13/16 × 5/16 in.)
- Credit line
- The Art Institute of Chicago
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Amulets could be strung on cords to be worn by the living or the dead. This pillar with cross bars (the djed column) represented the backbone of the god Osiris and conveyed stability.
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