An Egyptian Diorite Sun Disc Amulet, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Price - $5500 - $10000 'Les fouilles grecques'

'Les fouilles grecques'

The form of these pieces is unique

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the scarab-headed god of the rising sun

An Egyptian Diorite Sun Disc Amulet, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Price - $5500 - $10000 'Les fouilles grecques'a sun disc on a square plinth carved from black and white banded diorite. The sun disc amulet is unique to the Twenty Sixth Dynasty and later; it is made in particular from lapis lazuli or dark colored stone such as serpentine or basalt. With possession of this amulet, the deceased could expect to be united with the sun god during his passage across the sky and through the Underworld to be reborn each morning. It is often found near the stomach of