Ancient Egyptian green stone heart (ib) amulet made during the New Kingdom Period circa 1539 BC – 1075 BC. It has a rounded triangular shape with a pair of lobes on either side and tapering towards the center pyramidal top. It's a unique and important artifact proposed to be placed on the mummy to ensure a positive response at final judgment. Book reference for a similar type: W. M. Flinders, Petrie - "Amulets" (London, 1914) // Page 59, Plate I, Model - 7k Dimensions: 18 mm (H) x 11 mm (W) x 7 mm (D) Very good condition - intact, well-preserved Heart (ib) in Egyptian culture was the source of intelligence, feelings, and actions. It was an important part during the funeral ritual known as the 'weighing of the heart'. Egyptians believed the heart of the deceased contained a record of all their actions in life, it was weighed against the feather of the goddess Ma'at. If the heart was found to be heavier than the feather, it was fed to Ammut, the ‘Devourer’, and the soul was cast into darkness. If the scales were balanced, the deceased had passed the test and was taken before Osiris who welcomed them into the afterlife. * Amulet will be accompanied with a hand signed Certificate of Authenticity (COA) document with all information about the artifact along with its photos. Document is providing the owner of this object its lifetime authenticity warranty. PROVENANCE INFORMATION: Amulet was purchased by our company from ancient art expert Dr. Ivan Bonchev (University Of Oxford, PhD Classical Archaeology) private London, UK collection in 2022. Previous ownership history: - Private Family collection from London, UK (amulet was a part of collected by decades family collection before it was sold out in 2000) - N.S. private London, UK collection - Ancient art expert Dr. Ivan Bonchev private London, UK collection