# Amulet of a Djed Pillar

- By: Ancient Egyptian
- Date: 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
- Credit line: Gift of Henry H. Getty, Charles L. Hutchinson, and Norman W. Harris
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/136079)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/9b808034-fba6-f652-8890-7bf45d0f58ac/full/843,/0/default.jpg
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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.

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