A flat, oblong amulet and an elongated securing toggle, yellowish green serpentine.

A flat amulet with a separate securing toggle, fashioned in yellowish green serpentine.
The amulet is flat and roughly oblong in shape with a long, narrow protrusion along one side and with a slightly longer, narrow protrusion on the opposite side. From the middle of the longer protrusion emerges a rounded lug that has been drilled to give a hole that lies parallel to the plane of the amulet.
The securing toggle has an octagonal cross-section and is elongated, tapering gently for most of its length before abruptly narrowing to a point. In the middle of one side, there is an integral rounded lug that has been drilled to give a hole that runs parallel to the toggle's length.
Both parts have been roughly finished with little evidence of polishing and the pitted surface contains varying amounts of ingrained dirt.

This amulet was formerly in The India Museum in London and it was then transferred to the South Kensington Museum (later renamed The Victoria & Albert Museum) in 1879. 1880 Register Entry: [Room 8. Case .] '01,445. CHARM, in two parts. Green soapstone.' (No slip number given.)

This amulet was made to protect the wearer from harm or misfortune but its rough appearance suggests that it was left unfinished. Objects such as this were often inscribed or engraved with suitably relevant text or symbols.

01445(IS) to 01445A/(IS)