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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Djed-Column Amulet
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.

Djed-Column Amulet

CultureEgyptian
Date3rd Intermediate Period, Dynasty 23, 818-715 B.C.E.
MediumCeramic
Credit LineGift of Eugene L. Garbaty
Object number56.42.49
Collections
On View
On view
DescriptionColumn with broad base and four cross-bar capitals known as the djed-pillar. It is reinforced by a back pillar pierced with a hole.

Label TextDjed-Column Amulets Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 23, 818-715 B.C.E. Ceramic Gift of Mr. Eugene L. Garbaty 56.42.48-.49 Symbolic of Osiris, the djed-column amulet may have functioned as an emblem of the human spine. It was placed by priests on the throat of the mummy, where it served to protect the backbone of the deceased in the afterlife.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
Mr. Eugene L. Garbaty
Djed-Column Amulet
3rd Intermediate Period, Dynasty 23, 818-715 B.C.E.
Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
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Amulet
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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2008.
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