An Egyptian Malachite Writing Tablet Amulet, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Writing the Egyptians used native plants

the Egyptians used native plants and fibers

Gold glass beads were a Hellenistic development

The bird-man motif is seen throughout ancient Peru

possession of this amulet would guarantee its owner everlasting rectitude

it was also a symbol of self-generation and rebirth

An Egyptian Malachite Writing Tablet Amulet, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Writing the Egyptians used native plantsAmulets 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