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A work made of faience.

Djed-Pillar Amulet

Ptolemaic Period (332–30 BCE)

Egyptian

Egypt

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.

Faience

Arts of Africa