An Egyptian Diorite Heart Amulet, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Architectural and from off your gods

and from off your gods

The NetherlandsArt Gallery of New South Wales

Condition:  Small chip to the base that does not detract otherwise intact and in excellent condition overall

and an animal's tail suspended from the back of the apron

An Egyptian Diorite Heart Amulet, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Architectural and from off your godsTo the Egyptians the heart was the most essential of organs, not because it pumped blood around the body it is unclear that they understood this function but because they believed it was the seat of intelligence, the originator of all feelings and actions, and the storehouse of memory. From the New Kingdom, the heart became one of the most important of all amulets and was set on every mummy until the end of the Pharaonic period, often in numbers and