An amulet for eternity, this amulet of the Shen is the ultimate symbol of sun’s orbit. Its real meaning: place it on the body of the dead with an intention of providing it a life that endures as long as the sun took revolutions in the orbit in the high heavens. Pictures found in the tomb show goddesses Iris and Nepthys kneeling and resting their palms on the Shen! Most probably, its main raw materials are carnelian or Lapis lazuli. However, a minor amulet that it is, this amulet is almost inconsequential in its nature.
The word shen itself means, in ancient Egyptian, encircle, while the shen ring represented eternal protection. In its elongated form the shen ring became the cartouche which enclosed and protected a royal name...."
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