<em>Djed</em> pillar amulet

A small turquoise faience amulet in the form of a djed pillar, with a rounded top above four stacked horizontal bands, some with ribbed detail, rising from a tall column to a squared base. Its glazed surface shows small dark speckles, and the object is photographed centered against a plain grey backdrop.

Look closer: Fine vertical ribbing on the band just below the top of the column.

Artist

Unknown

Date

664–332 BCE

Medium

Faience

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

1485 × 2000 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Florence Blumenthal, 1934