Global InformationList of ancient Egyptian statuary with amulet necklaces information
Suspension hole on 3-god plaque, lug-holes on: papyrus stem, Menats-(counterpoise)(?), large heart(?)(bottom-right)
(Photo: High-Res expandible).
Row 3: (4)-Heart amulets.
An amulet, also known as a good luck charm, is an object believed to confer protection upon its possessor. The "Amulets of Ancient Egypt" fall in approximately seven major categories:
- Amulets of gods/goddesses and sacred animals
- Amulets of protection (or aversion)
- The scarab for the living, (or for a funerary offering)
- Amulets of assimilation
- Amulets for powers
- Amulets of possessions, property, or as offerings
- (symbolism of materials)
The first usages are from time periods of: ED, Early Dynastic Period, FIP, First Intermediate Period, G-R, Graeco-Roman Period, LD, Late Dynastic Period, MK, Middle Kingdom, NK, New Kingdom, OK, Old Kingdom, SIP, Second Intermediate Period, and TIP, Third Intermediate Period.
| Amulet | Egy. lang. equiv | Discovered by | Usage-or- Origin |
City/ cemetery |
Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Papyrus stem (hieroglyph) (scarab at left) |
udjt utchat |
5th Dynasty | Mastaba | One of the 14 Spirits of Ra-(no 5); meanings of youth, viguor | |
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Girdle of Isis/Knot of Isis Tyet (and Djed Pillar) |
tyt | Flinders Petrie | 5th Dynasty | Mastaba |