A rare Egyptian Trussed Boar Amulet, New Kingdom, ca. 1550 - 1069 BCE Shabtis which connects to a beautifully

which connects to a beautifully preserved ancient loop-in-loop gold chain necklet with figure-8 links

it was used to scrape dirt and sweat from their bodies as part of the process of massage

Such daggers have been found at German frontier forts

representing the connection between the earthly and celestial realms

acquired in 1970 from the trade (probably Susette Khayat)

A rare Egyptian Trussed Boar Amulet, New Kingdom, ca. 1550 - 1069 BCE Shabtis which connects to a beautifullyCarved in the round from black serpentine, this is a rare example of a trussed boar with its legs tightly bound beneath its body. Amulets of trussed animals are part of a category of Egyptian amulets in the form of earthly possessions, many of which depict food offerings, "intended to keep the various spirit forms which survived death eternally supplied with essential food and drink even if actual supplies had ceased to be presented at the burial