An Egyptian Hematite Set Square Amulet, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Price - $5500 - $10000 a knob below the handle

a knob below the handle and an attached flat blue knob at the base

Amulets of trussed animals are part of a category of Egyptian amulets in the form of earthly possessions

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and then by descent

the first of whom—if it is an age of descending purity—are giants

An Egyptian Hematite Set Square Amulet, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Price - $5500 - $10000 a knob below the handleFrom the Twenty sixth Dynasty on, two amulets are almost always found together the carpenter's set square, as seen here, and plummet (see EA2372). The set square takes the form of two often unequal lengths of square rod which meet at a right angle. Most frequently made of dark colored stone, especially hematite in the case of the set square, possession of this amulet would guarantee its owner everlasting rectitude. For a parallel example, see: