BM-EgSu
British Museum — Department of Egypt and Sudan · jewelry
amulet
Description
Fragment of an amulet. A fragment from a djed-pillar as amulet in dark-blue glass, the surface now filmed grey. Moulded with suspension loop at the top. Single column of poorly incised inscription on reverse. Only the top of the amulet survives: the loop and the three cross bars.
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· hieroglyphic
· on reverse
English description
Translation: Djed of lapis-lazuli (or "blue frit"; reading ḫsbḏ for ḫbst).
Note: Incised.
Cross-references (2)
- BM-Object Y_EA13700 tier-2
- BM-Registration 1879,0712.486 tier-2
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