A pale turquoise faience amulet representing the god, Shu. The deity is portrayed kneeling on a rectangular base with arms upraised in the attitude of the ka with the sun disc between. He wears a kilt, long beard and tripartite wig. Pierced through the back pillar for suspension.
 
Ancient Egyptian Ptolemaic period: Circa 4th-1st century BC.
 
Complete and intact. Mould made, so details a little worn.
Height 28 mms (1.1 ins)
 
Provenance: Provenance: Ex London gallery; previously in a 1930's Home counties UK collection.
 
Literature: Andrews, C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, pl.19.
 
Shu was the son of the sun god and held the sky apart from the earth to make room for the sun-disc.
 
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