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An Egyptian Alabaster Funerary Plummet Weight, New Kingdom, ca. 1550 - 1069 BCE high permanent wear resistance

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permanent wear resistance

and date to the 9th and 8th centuries

You can either wear all together

The intaglio

easier to clean

An Egyptian Alabaster Funerary Plummet Weight, New Kingdom, ca. 1550 - 1069 BCE high permanent wear resistanceThis rare plummet weight is from an ancient Egyptian funerary scale. Well carved from creamy Egyptian alabaster (calcite) in the form of a pyriform ovoid vessel, the smooth body has a restricted neck and flaring rim and was suspended from a string. Such weights were used as a vertical reference line for adjusting the scale when conducting the important Weighing of the Heart ceremony. Background: The Egyptians viewed the heart as the seat of intellect

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