An Egyptian Hematite Set Square Amulet, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Price - $5500 - $10000 Finely wrought pectorals (chest ornaments)

Finely wrought pectorals (chest ornaments) have been excavated at Chimu sites

The signed reverse further supports the attribution to a known workshop tradition

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An Egyptian Hematite Set Square Amulet, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Price - $5500 - $10000 Finely wrought pectorals (chest ornaments)From the Twenty sixth Dynasty on, two amulets are almost always found together the carpenter's set square, as seen here, and plummet (see EA2372). The set square takes the form of two often unequal lengths of square rod which meet at a right angle. Most frequently made of dark colored stone, especially hematite in the case of the set square, possession of this amulet would guarantee its owner everlasting rectitude. For a parallel example, see: