An Egyptian Chalcedony Djed Pilllar, Third Intermediate Period, ca. 1069 - 664 BCE Jewelry - Earrings jewelry served both as a

jewelry served both as a symbol of identity and social status as well as an ornament

drop-shaped cabochon of banded agate

Exhibition Musee Jacquemart-Andre (Bruxelles

and she possesses deep-set eyes with prominent upper lids

Slight wear to the carefully drilled central perforation indicates that the seal was worn

An Egyptian Chalcedony Djed Pilllar, Third Intermediate Period, ca. 1069 - 664 BCE Jewelry - Earrings jewelry served both as aA djed pillar is an amulet in the form of the hieroglyphic sign which means 'enduring', 'stable' and similar concepts. In shape it consists of a tall broad shaft crossed near the top by four short horizontal bars. Originally, it may have represented a stylized tree trunk with the branches lopped off. Certainly, when it first appears in connection with the rites for Sokaris, the funerary god of Memphis, and later for Ptah, the more powerful god of the