The writing tablet intended to provide the dead with any magical formula requested in the Other World1. Accordingly, such amulets are mainly blank. They are mostly in green stones1 and were produced from Dynasty 26 onwards1,2
Electrum
No dimension Dynasty 19
© 2012 Musée du Louvre/
Christian Décamps #AF 2264
Green and black glaze pierced for suspension through the eyes H 1.7, W 0.8, D 0.9
Amarna period2
Private collection DA
Amazonite
H 1.7, W 0.8, T 0.3
Late Period
Carlos Museum
#2012.032.424
References
1Andrews C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, 1994, p. 86 and Figs. 99a-c
2Petrie W M F. Amulets, 1914, p. 21 and Fig. 76a