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Full Screen Egyptian Human-Headed Heart Amulet
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CIVILIZATION Egyptian
PERIOD Middle Kingdom-Late Period
DATE 2030-332 BC.
MATERIAL Alabaster
MOUNTED Yes

Egyptian Human-Headed Heart Amulet

Middle Kingdom-Late Period, 2030-332 BC.

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A rare alabaster human-headed funerary amulet, conical in form, wearing a tripartite wig, representing the heart.

Heart amulets are among the most important funerary amulets of the ancient Egyptians, for whom the heart was the seat of intelligence, knowledge and memory. During the judgment of the dead which the deceased had to go through before he could enter the realm of Osiris. Spell 30 B from the Book of the Dead urged the heart not to stand up as a witness against its owner during this trial, and this spell was often written on a heart scarab or on a heart-shaped amulet and placed on the chest of the mummy.

Height: 3 9/10" (10cm)
Provenance:

ex. 19th Century Collection.
John Nicholson Auction, April 2011, no. 1050.
Formerly in the collection of the late Julian Bird (inv. no 746). Julian Bird was an avid collector of Egyptian antiquities. His collection was formed from the 1970s onwards, mainly from the UK market.
Accompanied by Art Loss Register certificate no. S00117782

Condition:
Break at the tip with chip at the back bottom, minor chip at the back of the wig, overall a very fine example.
Bibliography:

For a close parallel, described as a Middle Kingdom Proto-shabti, see Thierry de Maigret, 24 October 2012, lot 13.

For an elaborate example in dark stone, see Objects for Eternity, no. 2.36.

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CATEGORY Egyptian
PERIOD Middle Kingdom-Late Period
DATE 2030-332 BC.
MATERIAL
MOUNTED Yes
 
 

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