Amulet of a Djed Pillar

Arts of Africa

Third Intermediate Period–Ptolemaic Period (11th–7th centuries BCE)

Egyptian

Columns with crossbars at their top represent the stylized backbone of the god Osiris, the main god of the afterlife. Known as djed columns, the backbone was associated with stability, hence with continued life.

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Department: Arts of Africa

Artist: Ancient Egyptian
Title: Amulet of a Djed Pillar
Place: Egypt (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1100 BCE–601 BCE
Medium: Faience
Dimensions: 3.6 × 1.2 × 1 cm (1 3/8 × 1/2 × 3/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Henry H. Getty, Charles L. Hutchinson, Robert H. Fleming, and Norman W. Harris
Reference Number: 1894.117
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Thomas George Allen, A Handbook of the Egyptian Collection (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1923), p. 124.

Art Institute of Chicago, When the Greeks Ruled: Egypt After Alexander the Great, October 31, 2013 - July 27, 2014.

The Art Institute of Chicago, acquired in 1894; price reimbursed by Henry H. Getty, Robert H. Fleming, Charles L. Hutchinson, and Norman W. Harris.

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