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Ba bird amulet

pictured as a human-headed falcon, it was one of the five main elements a person was made up of, the one encompassing, as it were, his or her “personality.” It could return from the world of the living and journey with the sun in the sky.

Cat. 6900
Wood
1.2 cm x 2.5 cm x 1.7 cm
722–332 BCE
Late Period
Unknown
Old Fund, 1824–1888
Museum / Floor 1 / Room 11 / Showcase 01
Museo Egizio