King’s Ba Bird

The Ba is a part of a person’s non-physical spiritual nature. After death, the Ba might leave the tomb, but it had to return to the tomb on a regular basis to reconnect with the mummy. The Ba was frequently shown as a bird with a human head, and occasionally with human arms.

This Ba Bird inscribed with the nsw-bity (“[He] of the Sedge and the Bee”), however, the cartouch is lost. It is believed to date between the reigns of Thutmose III, Amenhotep II and Thutmose IV.

The piece of is made of jasper.

Summary:

Jasper Ba Bird of a king
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, from the reign of either Thutmose III, Amenhotep II or Thutmose IV, c. 1480-1390 B.C.
Musée du Louvre. E 5351