Spell 155 of the Book of the Dead concerns the Djed Pillar amulet, instructing that it be placed at the throat of the mummy to grant the deceased the stability and endurance of Osiris's backbone.
Horus raised the Djed Pillar for his father Osiris in the ritual of resurrection, the act of erecting the backbone symbolizing the son's restoration of the murdered king and his own claim to legitimate succession.
Isis recovered the body of Osiris at Byblos, where his coffin had been encased within a great pillar. The djed pillar thereafter symbolized Osiris's resurrection and the stability she restored.
The Djed Pillar represents Osiris's backbone and the tamarisk tree that enclosed his coffin at Byblos. The ritual Raising of the Djed at Abydos symbolized Osiris's resurrection.
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