The star amulet is a rare one described by Petrie1 and reported by Andrews2. The vanishing of the stars at dawn and reappearance at night has obvious connotations of rebirth2

Deep turquoise/black glaze H 1.9 Middle Kingdom Dynasty 12 The Cleveland Museum of Art Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust #1914.793.7

Blue glaze pierced for suspension through the five branches, presumably the central element of a collar H 1.7 New Kingdom Dynasty 18 MET #11.215.201

References

1Petrie W M F. Amulets, 1914, p. 51 and Figs. 275a,b 2Andrews C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, 1994, p. 90 3A string of twelve blue glazed star amulets is on view in the MET #22.1.1298