An Egyptian Menkhet Counterpoise Amulet, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Sculpture - Architectural Meticulously handcrafted in 18k yellow

Meticulously handcrafted in 18k yellow and white gold

highlighted at the base with a fine contrasting spiral coil of opaque yellow and with a white band at the rim

collected during the 1950s–1960s

9-11Condition:  Much of the original glazed surface lost

It suggested the perfume of divine life

An Egyptian Menkhet Counterpoise Amulet, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Sculpture - Architectural Meticulously handcrafted in 18k yellowThe identification of an amulet unique to private burials of the Late Dynastic and Graeco Roman Period, which appears to guarantee clothing to the deceased, has been much discussed by scholars. It resembles a particular type of hoop shaped counterpoise with a fringed edge named in the MacGregor Papyrus list as a menkhet. There may be a pun on the word menkhet, meaning 'clothing', although this is written differently in hieroglyphs. However, from the