Uraeus Cobra Amulet

This is a small, green-glazed ceramic amulet depicting a cobra reared up with its hood flared. The figure features a coiled tail serving as a base and a suspension hole near the back of the neck for use as a pendant. The glaze displays varying hues of pale green and brown, with simple, incised lines indicating the scales on the cobra's throat and body.

The Uraeus represents the goddess Wadjet and was a protective symbol worn by pharaohs to signify divine authority and legitimacy. It frequently appears in Egyptian funerary art and protective amulets related to the afterlife, often associated with the protection of the solar barque in texts like the Book of Gates.