An Egyptian Lapis Lazuli Djed Pilllar, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Animals and symbolically charged vessels that

and symbolically charged vessels that served both utilitarian and ceremonial roles

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with two arrows crossed behind it

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An Egyptian Lapis Lazuli Djed Pilllar, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Animals and symbolically charged vessels thatA 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