This amulet was not described by Petrie and Andrews did not indicate it is a rare one1. Indeed, there are many in the old collection of the British Museum she did describe and in Le Louvre, but very few elsewhere. These ‘sun stones’ were associated with resurrection and made in various materials and colours in the Late Period
Green serpentine
H 3.8, W 1.7, D 1.1
Private collection DA
Carnelian 2.8, W 0.5, D 0.5
© 2002 Musée du Louvre/
Christian Décamps
#N 1919
Blue glass H 4.3, W 1.1, D 1.0
© 2002 Musée du Louvre/
Christian Décamps
#AF 11706
References
1Müller-Winkler C. Die ägyptischen Objekt-Amulette: mit Publikation der Sammlung des Biblischen Instituts der Universität Freiburg, Schweiz, ehemals Sammlung Fouad S. Matouk. 590 pp. + 40 additional plates, 1988. Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, pp. 318-320, Taffel XXX, Fig. 611a