An Egyptian Bone Sun Disc Amulet, Late Period, ca. 664 - 525 BCE Paintings The hieroglyphs may be read

The hieroglyphs may be read as an ideogram

though the reading is uncertain

that does not distract from this impressive piece

the Dreaming

Dimensions:  US ring size 5 1/2 (UK=L

An Egyptian Bone Sun Disc Amulet, Late Period, ca. 664 - 525 BCE Paintings The hieroglyphs may be readThe sun disc amulet is unique to the Twenty Sixth Dynasty and later; with possession of this amulet, the deceased could expect to be united with the sun god during his passage across the sky and through the Underworld to be reborn each morning. It is often found near the stomach of mummies. This stylized example featues a square with horizontal grooves, and two pointed sun rays with a small dusn disc in between. Ref: Carol Andrews, Amulets of Ancient