Amulet; Amulets; Onyx; Anubis

Notes:

Obv.: Anubis standing to front, head to r., wearing short tunic, holding situla in r. hand, was (this word should be italicized) scepter in l. Rev.: Plain. Nicolo. Upright oval, 13 x 11 x 3. Design on smaller face (Studies in Magical Amulets, Bonner).; Magical gem with Anubis figure. The jackal-headed Anubis is holding a situla in one hand and the traditional was scepter, with a jackal head, in the other. An inscription reads tyche (or "good) luck!"). This text is carved in reverse because this gem would have been used as a personal seal, impressed on wet clay, hot wax, or molten lead to present a mirror image of the gem. Nicolo (a form of onyx); 1.3 cm h., 1.1 cm w., 0.3 cm th. (Death Dogs, Wilfong).

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Amulets; Egypt

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UND

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