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Djed Amulet
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Turquoise faience amulet in the form of a djed pillar, consisting of a vertical shaft crossed by four horizontal bars near the top. There are vertical incisions between the horizontal bars; below the bottom bar are longer vertical lines above four horizontal ones. The djed pillar signified stability and permanence and came to represent the backbone of Osiris. Serving as funerary amulets, djed pillars could be placed on the breast, stomach, and throat areas of mummified bodies, creating a connection with Osiris, god of the dead, and helping to ensure the deceased’s physical and divine support and endurance in the afterlife.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Purportedly Ex collection Spencer-Churchill Northwick Park Cheltenham (1800s-1965) sold; [through Christies Manson and Wood London June 1965 no. 167]. [Mathias Komor Fine Arts and Antiquities New York (by 1983)] sold; to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Huxley New York 1983-2022) gift; to the Harvard Art Museums 2022.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Gift of Robert Sally and Haley Huxley in memory of David Gordon Mitten
Title: Djed Amulet
Description:
Turquoise faience amulet in the form of a djed pillar, consisting of a vertical shaft crossed by four horizontal bars near the top.
There are vertical incisions between the horizontal bars; below the bottom bar are longer vertical lines above four horizontal ones.
The djed pillar signified stability and permanence and came to represent the backbone of Osiris.
Serving as funerary amulets, djed pillars could be placed on the breast, stomach, and throat areas of mummified bodies, creating a connection with Osiris, god of the dead, and helping to ensure the deceased’s physical and divine support and endurance in the afterlife.
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