A rare Egyptian Trussed Boar Amulet, New Kingdom, ca. 1550 - 1069 BCE Shabtis 2009 Desert Mob 2009

2009 Desert Mob 2009

with light surface wear consistent with age and burial

1770 - 1830)

representing the connection between the earthly and celestial realms

A rare Egyptian Trussed Boar Amulet, New Kingdom, ca. 1550 - 1069 BCE Shabtis 2009 Desert Mob 2009Carved 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