An Egyptian Feldspar Writing Tablet Amulet, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Jewelry - Pendants Condition: Beads are intact and

Condition:  Beads are intact and in excellent ancient condition

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single amulets in its shape are not found with certainty before the Saite Period when they are generally well formed in the round (even the ear-flaps are carefully delineated) with a suspension loop at the back such as this example

An Egyptian Feldspar Writing Tablet Amulet, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Jewelry - Pendants Condition: Beads are intact andAmulets in the form of a writing tablet are unique to the Twenty Sixth Dynasty and later. They are always rectangular in shape with a suspension tube at the top and made from green, blue, or dark colored material, feldspar being by far the most common. Although the Egyptians used labels in this shape as a writing medium from as early as the First Dynasty, this amulet may well represent rather an undetailed scribe's writing palette which was