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  1. amulet; Papyrus Sceptre, Unknown

    papyrus sceptre. Amulet of sceptre column with a papyrus capital in blue faience. There is a perforation through the capital for its use as a ornament or bead.
    Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira via DigitalNZ

    api.digitalnz.org/records/3958

    #Amulet #Charm #Symbol #BeliefSymbols #PersonalSymbols #ChenhallNomenclature #Faience #CompositeMaterial #Museums

  2. Sunday mornings are for ... a bit of relaxed image editing. I've been working on this image of an amulet from the Garstang Museum of #Horus as a #falcon, wearing the double crown of Egypt (the Pschent, or Sekhemty - 'the Two Powerful Ones' - to use the ancient Egyptian name).

    The slightly odd, yellow colour is geniune. Looking closely at it, I think it's a yellow faience, which you see less often than the commonly used blue and green #faience.
    #AncientEgypt #Egyptology #TinyEgypt