An Egyptian Faience Stamp Seal Amulet, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Price - Under $1000 2001 Six Painters from Papunya

2001 Six Painters from Papunya Tula Artists

It is based on a stylized cowrie which had amuletic significance because of its resemblance to the female genitalia

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An Egyptian Faience Stamp Seal Amulet, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Price - Under $1000 2001 Six Painters from PapunyaOf pale blue glazed faience, the pyramid form seal is inscribed on the underside with a serpent, and two signs spell the word for eternity and combined with the vertical sign to the right could be wd command, or combined with the serpent it could be dd mdw utterance." When found on mummies, this amulet is sometimes, appropriately, on or at the fingers; otherwise it lies over the torso. A seal amulet, by its very existence, guaranteed the survival of