Amulet - tit;, Protective amulet in the shape of a tit knot, made of dark blue glass, with hieroglyphs. Function: grave good/amulet. Date: 332–30 BC, Ptolemaic Period, Egypt. Dimensions: height 4.6 cm, width 1.8 cm., A small sculpted figure with a rounded head and draped body, rendered in a textured blue material with areas of darker blue and small patches of brownish discoloration; the figure shows simplified folds and vertical grooves suggesting a robe and a base that flares slightly outward, with some rough surface speckling and tiny lighter spots against a plain light gray background.
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Amulet - tit;, Protective amulet in the shape of a tit knot, made of dark blue glass, with hieroglyphs. Function: grave good/amulet. Date: 332–30 BC, Ptolemaic Period, Egypt. Dimensions: height 4.6 cm, width 1.8 cm., A small sculpted figure with a rounded head and draped body, rendered in a textured blue material with areas of darker blue and small patches of brownish discoloration; the figure shows simplified folds and vertical grooves suggesting a robe and a base that flares slightly outward, with some rough surface speckling and tiny lighter spots against a plain light gray background.

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Amulet - tit Protective amulet shape tit knot dark blue glass hieroglyphs Function grave good amulet Date 332–30 Bc Ptolemaic Period Egypt Dimensions height 4.6 cm width 1.8 cm small sculpted figure rounded head draped body rendered textured blue material areas darker blue small patches brownish discoloration figure simplified folds vertical grooves suggesting robe base flares slightly outward rough surface speckling tiny lighter spots plain light gray background.

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