Large amulet in the shape of heart ib, decorated with a crescent and a squared mount, symbolizing the anatomical features of a heart (auricle and ventricle). Striated wings on the sides represent the cardiac veins. It must have been surmounted by a solar disc or a geometric shape representing the lip of a vase.

Green earthenware. The element surmounting the heart is missing.

Egypt, Late Period, 64-332 B.C.

H. Height: 4 cm.



Bibliography:

A similar copy in the Cairo Museum, (n°SR 9199/JE28490/CG 12053)

Rogerio Sousa, Heart of Wisdom: studies on the heart amulet in ancient Egypt, Archaeopress, Oxford, 2011



Provenance: French private collection, Mr. L.



An Egyptian Heart-shaped earthenware

amulet, late period, 664-332 B.C.