In shape of a papyrus column, the wadj was a symbol of flourishing and youth1. Materials include green and blue faience, feldspar, glass, etc. Few are falcon-, cat-, lioness- or divinity- headed. Variable position on mummies from Dynasty 26 onwards1
Eroded green glaze
H 4.7, W 1.0
Third Intermediate
Period to Late Period
Private collection DA
Blue glazed wadj
or lotus flower? with
cat/lioness head
H 4.6, W 1.2, D 1.2
Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 22
Carlos Museum
#2018.010.217
Green glazed
with Mut head
H 7.0, W 1.5
Saite Period or
later Brooklyn
Museum
#16.580.71
Green glazed with
falcon head H 11.8,
W 2.7 Undated
© 2012 Musée du
Louvre/Christian
Décamps #N 4608
References
1Petrie W M F. Amulets, 1914, pp. 12-13 and Figs. 20c-g