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Headrest Amulets

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This amulet is about 2 cm tall and is usually placed on the forehead of a mummy,
and within the bandages. It was usually used in place of an actual headest,
especially those who could not afford to have one made for them. It symbolically protected the
head the same way the wooden or alabaster ones would (Andrews 1994).