An Egyptian Red Jasper Trussed Ox Amulet, New Kingdom, ca. 1550 - 1069 BCE Sculpture - Stone An almost geometric simplicity differentiates

An almost geometric simplicity differentiates the sculpture from its Indian and Central Asian sources

as the crown would only have been worn by the pharaoh and certain deities

her amulet would provide the deceased with specialist protection but also link them with her warlike power and ancient majesty

they were hand-worked probably by bead makers

An Egyptian Red Jasper Trussed Ox Amulet, New Kingdom, ca. 1550 - 1069 BCE Sculpture - Stone An almost geometric simplicity differentiatesCarved in the round, a fat trussed ox with its legs tightly bound beneath its body. Amulets of trussed oxen are part of a category of Egyptian amulets in the form of earthly possessions, many of which depict funerary offerings, "intended to keep the various spirit forms which survived death eternally supplied with essential food and drink even if actual supplies had ceased to be presented at the burial place" (Andrews, Carol, 1994. Amulets of Ancient