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A work made of faience.

Amulet of a Djed Pillar

Third Intermediate Period–Ptolemaic Period (about 1069–30 BCE)

Egyptian

Egypt

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.

Faience

Arts of Africa