An Egyptian Bone Sun Disc Amulet, Late Period, ca. 664 - 525 BCE The A List this is a rare example

this is a rare example of a trussed boar with its legs tightly bound beneath its body

featuring four delicately rendered female portrait heads

Rosettes give us a vivid idea of Egyptian palace décor

The underside with a pattern of raised dots in horizontal rows

utilitarian form are characteristic of early Imperial domestic and cosmetic vessels

An Egyptian Bone Sun Disc Amulet, Late Period, ca. 664 - 525 BCE The A List this is a rare exampleThe sun disc amulet is unique to the Twenty Sixth Dynasty and later; with possession of this amulet, the deceased could expect to be united with the sun god during his passage across the sky and through the Underworld to be reborn each morning. It is often found near the stomach of mummies. This stylized example featues a square with horizontal grooves, and two pointed sun rays with a small dusn disc in between. Ref: Carol Andrews, Amulets of Ancient