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Amulet of a Djed Pillar
Third Intermediate Period–Ptolemaic Period (11th–7th centuries BCE)
- Medium
- Faience
- Classification
- Costume and Accessories
- Dimensions
- 2.3 × 0.8 × 0.5 cm (7/8 × 5/16 × 3/16 in.)
- Culture
- Egypt
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Arts of Africa
- Credit line
- Gift of Henry H. Getty, Charles L. Hutchinson, and Norman W. Harris
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
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About this work
Columns with crossbars at their top represent the stylized backbone of the god Osiris, the main god of the afterlife. Known as djed columns, the backbone was associated with stability, hence with continued life.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
