List of ancient Egyptian statuary with amulet necklaces
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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)
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.
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 | |
Amulets of protection
Amulets of protection: animals, gods, goddesses, etc.
Ankh Amulet
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(seated)-block statue of: Cuboid Statue of Tety called Tetyty,[1] (photo), British Museum
| Amulet | Egyptian. lang. equiv | Discovered by | Usage-or- Origin |
City/ cemetery |
Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Ankh-Amulet on necklace |
'n(kh) | British Museum, acquired by E. A. Wallis Budge | 1475BC | Karnak-(?) | protection, or honorary amulet part of hieroglyph-statement-theme: an(kh)-hot(e)p (+ on right and left hands: symbols of Upper and Lower Egypt + Sun + Moon); modern meaning: Enjoy: Life & Peace, everywhere the Sun and Moon is present,[2] (all of Egypt) see wikicommons: Block statues of Egypt |
Bes Amulet
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(shiny boxwood statuette) Young Girl, (shaved head with youth side lock), Carrying oversized Pot The Durham Servant Girl, (photo, Durham Museum)
| Amulet | Egy. lang. equiv | Discovered by | Usage-or- Origin |
City/ cemetery |
Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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medium-sized Bes Amulet on necklace |
Durham University Museum acquired after 1816, by Lord Algernon Percy |
(reign of Amenhotep III) | from pit, near TT52 owned by First Prophet of Amun, MeryPtah |
protection, or honorary amulet (no photo, at present[3]) for God of Children, or Youth boxwood, small cosmetic container-(in non-standard/expressionist style) | |
Motif:
(non-formal Egyptian style): Dwarf /(Child) Carrying Oversized Container
Amarna Period, reign of Akhenaten, 1353-1336 BC
Eye of Horus Amulet
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Gayer-Anderson cat, (donated to British Museum)
| Amulet | Egy. lang. equiv | Discovered by | Usage-or- Origin |
City/ cemetery |
Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Plaque-Necklace as Eye-of-Horus Amulet |
(Late Period of Egypt) | cat, as cat-Goddess Bastet British Museum | |||
Eye of Horus Amulet, Thoth-Baboon statues
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| Amulet | Egy. lang. equiv | Discovered by | Usage-or- Origin |
City/ cemetery |
Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Plaque-Necklace as Eye-of-Horus Amulet |
baboon, as god-Thoth Louvre (no. E17496) | ||||
Other types of plaque-necklaces on Thoth-baboon:
statue at Louvre with plaque-amulet necklace
3-Fox-Skins
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vertical Painted Relief Panel of Iry,[4] Scribe, ((correct vertical)-Painted Panel Relief of Iry. )
| Amulet | Egy. lang. equiv | Discovered by | Usage-or- Origin |
City/ cemetery |
Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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3-fox skins on necklace |
ms, "born of" examples: Pharaoh Ahmose: "Moon-Born", or: Kamose, "Spirit-Born" |
4th Dynasty (2613–2589 BC) |
Iry's Tomb, Saqqara | protection(?), or honorary amulet(?) --- (Actual Photo of Iry's Panel, see British Museum page) (photo shown of similar vertical panel, same period of hieroglyphs: wood panel of Hesy-Ra) | |
Fringed-Fabric ligatured w/ vertical S-(folded cloth)
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| Amulet | Egy. lang. equiv | Discovered by | Usage-or- Origin |
City/ cemetery |
Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Fringed-Fabric with S folded cloth-Symbol on necklace |
Narmer Palette, Predynastic Egypt or Old Kingdom |
the palette is from Hierakonopolis | behind Pharaoh Narmer, attendant carrying "pair of sandals": his title from necklace: Steward of the Pharaoh's Wardrobe necklace of authority (see expanded version: Attendant of Pharaoh Narmer) | ||
Heart amulet
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| Amulet | Egy. lang. equiv | Discovered by | Usage-or- Origin |
City/ cemetery |
Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Heart Amulet on necklace |
TT55, tomb of Ramose (TT55), (in Theban Tomb 55) | Necklace with Heart-shaped amulet Central Figure, under 2-opposite-facing Water Libation vessels streaming Water-streams. Usekh collar, double-stranded necklace w/ large amulet laying upon the collar. Wikicommons, Tomb of Ramose | |||
Pectoral Necklace
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| Amulet | Egy. lang. equiv | Discovered by | Usage-or- Origin |
City/ cemetery |
Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Pectoral on necklace |
Louvre Museum | suspension loop -- (for necklace) | |||
Offering of Pectoral Necklace
Unidentified amulet
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(two statues) Prince Rahotep, and wife Nofret
| Amulet | Egy. lang. equiv | Discovered by | Usage-or- Origin |
City/ cemetery |
Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
.jpg) |
possibly: 3-fox skins on necklace (for husband: Prince Rahotep-wife Nofret has a Usekh collar-type necklace) |
4th Dynasty (2613–2589 BC) |
the couple's Mastaba at Meidum | protection(?), or honorary amulet(?) | ||
Amulet necklace statues of Senusret III
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– (created by Senusret III(?), or from Kush country(?))
Statues of Senusret III
| Amulet | Egy. lang. equiv | Discovered by | Usage-or- Origin |
City/ cemetery |
Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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pierced object amulet on necklace |
12th Dynasty (ca 1850 BC) (post Kush campaigns(?)) |
Senusret III statue at British Museum | protection(?), or honorary amulet(?) found on multiple statues | ||
Amulet Necklace on 3-statues, British Museum
Berlin Museum statue
Louvre statue
Scarab amulets
Amulets of assimilation
2-Wine-Jars
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(tomb relief) Maya (Egyptian) w/Staff and hieroglyph inscriptions–(Tomb of Maya)
| Amulet | Egy. lang. equiv | Discovered by | Usage-or- Origin |
City/ cemetery |
Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
.jpg) |
2-Wine-Jars amulet on necklace |
irp, 'wine' (Det.) |
Geoffrey Martin 1986- (Re-working of Saqqara tombs-newly discovered tomb)[5] |
Tomb of Maya Maya was Treasurer of Tutankhamun |
Abundance (no photo link, at present) (see Pectoral (Ancient Egypt)) | |
