This enamelled [terracotta](http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/glossary.aspx?id=372) [amulet](http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/glossary.aspx?id=61) represents the [djed-pillar](http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/glossary.aspx?id=134), on top of which is an [atef-crown](http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/glossary.aspx?id=77). This pillar, which symbolised the backbone of [Osiris](http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/glossary.aspx?id=284), served as a ritual object during the mysteries of the [god](http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/glossary.aspx?id=160) of the dead. In a funerary context, wrapped in the [mummy](http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/glossary.aspx?id=251), this amulet served to protect the deceased in the life in the Hereafter.

|Present location|KMKG - MRAH \[07/003\] [BRUSSELS](http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/glossary.aspx?id=95)|
|:-|:-|
|Inventory number|E.5865|
|Dating|[LATE PERIOD](http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/glossary.aspx?id=217)|
|Archaeological Site|UNKNOWN|
|Category|[AMULET](http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/glossary.aspx?id=61)|
|Material|POTTERY|
|Technique|[RELIEF](http://www.globalegyptianmuseum.org/glossary.aspx?id=317); PAINTED; FAYENCE|
|Height|13.5 cm|
|Width|3.6 cm|
|Depth|1.5 cm|
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# Bibliography

* M.-P. Vanlathem, Oudegyptische lijkkisten en mummies - Cercueils et momies de l'Égypte ancienne, Bruxelles 1983, 40-41
* W. Seipel, Ägypten. Götter, Gräber und die Kunst. 4000 Jahre Jenseitsglaube (Exposition), Linz 1989, I 238 n° 396

Amulet