Regarded as representing the backbone of Osiris, it was placed on the vertebrae of the mummy to help them to support the body. Spell 155 in the Book of the Dead reads: “Resurrect, Osiris! Your spine has been given back to you!"
Cat. 6753/02
Stone / Lapis lazuli
1.2 cm x 3.6 cm x 0.5 cm
722–332 BCE
Late Period
Unknown
Old Fund, 1824–1888
Museum / Floor 1 / Room 11 / Showcase 01
Rossi, Francesco-Lanzone, Ridolfo Vittorio-Fabretti, Ariodante, Regio Museo di Torino. Antichità Egizie (Cat. gen. dei musei di antichità e degli ogg. d’arte raccolti nelle gallerie e biblioteche del regno 1. Piemonte), vol. II, Torino 1888, p. 276.
Tipo=Opere biblioteca
SottoTipo=Monografia o Opere
Autore=Rossi, Francesco-Lanzone, Ridolfo Vittorio-Fabretti, Ariodante
Titolo=Regio Museo di Torino. Antichità Egizie
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Collana=Cat. gen. dei musei di antichità e degli ogg. d’arte raccolti nelle gallerie e biblioteche del regno
Opera=1. Piemonte
Luogo=vol. II, Torino
Anno=1888
Menzionato=p. 276
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