Sun disc amulet

The amulet in the form of a large flattened circle supported by a small rectangular pyramid base represents the cosmic power of the sun disc. Similar amulets are characteristic to the 26th dynasty (ca. 664–525 BC) and later. They are made in particular from lapis lazuli like this example, or dark-coloured stones and sometimes from a green stone such as olivine. Originally, it might have been placed on the stomach of the mummy to help the deceased unite with the sun god during his passage across the sky and through the netherworld to be reborn each morning.