An Egyptian Faience Stamp Seal Amulet, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Price - Under $1000 Carved from opaque quartz

Carved from opaque quartz

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being taught in the traditional way about her country by her parents

It is based on a stylized cowrie which had amuletic significance because of its resemblance to the female genitalia

An Egyptian Faience Stamp Seal Amulet, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Price - Under $1000 Carved from opaque quartzOf pale blue glazed faience, the pyramid form seal is inscribed on the underside with a serpent, and two signs spell the word for eternity and combined with the vertical sign to the right could be wd command, or combined with the serpent it could be dd mdw utterance." When found on mummies, this amulet is sometimes, appropriately, on or at the fingers; otherwise it lies over the torso. A seal amulet, by its very existence, guaranteed the survival of