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Its coloring was invariable yet
Background: The heart scarab
otherwise intact and in very good condition overall
acquired from the trade in the early 1970s
A large Egyptian Basalt Headrest Amulet, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Jewelry Its coloring was invariable yetBefore the Third Intermediate Period, headrest amulets are found only in royal burials; Tutankhamen owned one of iron, as did Prince Hornakht and King Sheshonq II at Tanis. However, from the Saite Period onward, they are made almost exclusively of hematite or of another dark colored substitute such as basalt (such as this large example), serpentine, obsidian, or diorite. It was essentially intended to magically raise up the head of the deceased in
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