A large Egyptian Basalt Headrest Amulet, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Jewelry otherwise intact and in very

otherwise intact and in very good condition overall

Its coloring was invariable yet

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and the thin inner bark is weighted with stones and scorched with fire to flatten it out

and loss to the underside tip of nose

A large Egyptian Basalt Headrest Amulet, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Jewelry otherwise intact and in veryBefore the Third Intermediate Period, headrest amulets are found only in royal burials; Tutankhamen owned one of iron, as did Prince Hornakht and King Sheshonq II at Tanis. However, from the Saite Period onward, they are made almost exclusively of hematite or of another dark colored substitute such as basalt (such as this large example), serpentine, obsidian, or diorite. It was essentially intended to magically raise up the head of the deceased in