An Egyptian Malachite Writing Tablet Amulet, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Writing collecting ‘ngalyipi’ (snake vine [Tinospora

collecting ‘ngalyipi’ (snake vine [Tinospora smilacina]) and performing ceremonies as they travelled

it was also a symbol of self-generation and rebirth

The bird-man motif is seen throughout ancient Peru

000 talents to the rebuilding

An Egyptian Malachite Writing Tablet Amulet, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Writing collecting ‘ngalyipi’ (snake vine [TinosporaAmulets in the form of writing tablets are unique to the Twenty sixth Dynasty and later. They are always rectangular in shape with a suspension tube at the top and made from green, blue or dark colored material, feldspar being by far the most common, such as this example. Although the Egyptians used labels in this shape as a writing medium from as early as the First Dynasty, this amulet may well represent rather an undetailed scribe's writing palette