[Really went down a rabbit-hole of various items in Egypt. We might as well indulge in a little shopping that totally has no occult significance.]>>6135919>>6135998>>6136002While Avdol sets up shop for the day, you look through the dizzying arrays of trinkets and items. On the way here, you passed by shops and entrances with towering stacks of lanterns and alabaster bowls; there are some eye-catching larger figures and statuettes, but those are out of your current price range (let's say around 100 Egyptian pounds, at their 1987 value, in paper money. A mere crumb from DIO's coffers.)
Most of the shop is an assortment of trinkets, likely part of trade and resale consolidated from other local merchants and crafters; Avdol's own specialty is more metaphysical, after all.
As you and Michal wander around, what catches your eye most are the...
>Blades. Knife-lovers rejoice; here is a part of a wall with some fancy-looking swords on display. Not too far away are ceremonial daggers, athames, and even khopeshes, their curves fitting in handcrafted leather sheaths. Some look to be replicas rather than the sharp Damascus steel of the more out-of-reach ones, but the intricate decorations on their hilts look no less cool for it.>Charms. A swarm of scarab beads on bracelets and necklaces; some jewelry in a glint of metals or matte. There are ankhs, Eyes of Horus, oblong cartouche pendants with hieroglyphics on them, still others with Greek or Arabic writing. Nazars--evil eye amulets--stare at you with bright blue irises embedded in beads or hand-shaped trinkets. Further are Coptic crosses, copper magic squares (with numerals you recognize as Eastern Arabic, or Hindu-Arabic, from yesterday's library session) and lockets with blessings from holy books sealed inside.>Staves. More ankhs. Sticks and scepters, wood or metal--some look practical enough to walk (or whack) with, while others are adorned with gems and inscriptions. A few papers in Arabic/English/French taped to the shelves serve as disclaimers: any items here are replicas rather than the original antiquity, sourced locally from craftsmen and not ransacked from graves. You doubt the riches in DIO's mansion adhere to the same standards.>Vessels. There are plain but nice-looking cups and bowls, mostly of alabaster or ceramic. Others are fancier vases, apparently for holding purified water or other ritual purposes. Michal peers at some incense burners and wooden boxes inlaid with mother-of-pearl, not unlike the ones you saw in the souk streets along the way here. There are even smaller boxes and pouches for storing the decks of tarot/oracle/Pharaonic-themed playing cards sold here.>Figurines. They range from cute hippos to snakes to the animal-headed Egyptian Gods, like the cat-headed Bastet and jackal-headed Anubis. The colors and materials also vary. Most are soapstone, glazed in blues, greens, ochers, or black. Would look great on your anime figurine shelf a universe away. 