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from distant Arabian mines near the Red Sea
a much-feared fate against which Chapter 43 was specifically directed
and the thin inner bark is weighted with stones and scorched with fire to flatten it out
Background: The heart scarab
it fits comfortably in the hand and was clearly used often for the base is very smooth
A large Egyptian Basalt Headrest Amulet, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Jewelry from distant Arabian mines nearBefore the Third Intermediate Period, headrest amulets are found only in royal burials; Tutankhamen owned one of iron, as did Prince Hornakht and King Sheshonq II at Tanis. However, from the Saite Period onward, they are made almost exclusively of hematite or of another dark colored substitute such as basalt (such as this large example), serpentine, obsidian, or diorite. It was essentially intended to magically raise up the head of the deceased in
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