A rare Bronze Loop Knife with Inset Handle, Late Bronze Age, ca. 1500–1000 BCE Amulets - GGSA with beautiful overall deep blue-green

with beautiful overall deep blue-green patina and areas of encrustation

and from off your gods

this amulet may well represent rather an undetailed scribe's writing palette which was specifically requested by Chapter 94 of the Book of the Dead: 'Bring me a palette from the writing kit of Thoth and the mysteries which are in them

acquired prior to 1909

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A rare Bronze Loop Knife with Inset Handle, Late Bronze Age, ca. 1500–1000 BCE Amulets - GGSA with beautiful overall deep blue-greenA rare, finely cast bronze loop knife with a single edged curved blade, the opposite edge slightly wider and unsharpened. The blade sweeps into an ovoid handle, originally set with bone or wood inlays on both sides, now missing. The handle terminates in a round suspension ring, cast integrally with the blade, a feature indicating the knife was designed to hang from a belt or garment for regular use. The tool's compact size, functional curvature, and