An Egyptian Faience Red Crown Amulet, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Gemstones Oxford: The Clareon Press (1971)

Oxford: The Clareon Press (1971)

Harvesting the bark sheets that are used for the paintings takes place during the wet season

0075 ct each

called a lotus by the Greeks and Romans

An Egyptian Faience Red Crown Amulet, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Gemstones Oxford: The Clareon Press (1971)The Red Crown, worn by Narmer as king of conquered Lower Egypt (the delta), first appears in amuletic form as early as the First Intermediate Period. Its characteristic shape is a low cylinder with a tall spike at the back and an uncurling spiral projecting at the front. Called in Egyptian dsrt (deshret) 'Red One' (but also 'Great One', like the White Crown), the Red Crown was probably made from red dyed linen or leather over a frame. Its coloring was