This unusual amulet is in the shape of a pillow and located under the neck of the mummy within the coffin. Its main purpose is to lift and protect the sensitive head of the deceased. It is of hematite in construction and it hosts the text from the CLXVIth Chapter of the Book of the Dead.
The Book of the Dead is the modern name of an ancient Egyptian funerary text, used from the beginning of the New Kingdom (around 1550 BC) to around 50 BC.[1] The original Egyptian name for the text, transliterated rw nw prt m hrw[2] is translated as "Book of Coming Forth by Day"...."
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