List of ancient Egyptian statuary with amulet necklaces

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
	Papyrus stem (hieroglyph) (scarab at left)	udjt utchat		5th Dynasty	Mastaba	One of the 14 Spirits of Ra-(no 5); meanings of youth, viguor
	Girdle of Isis/Knot of Isis Tyet (and Djed Pillar)	tyt	Flinders Petrie	5th Dynasty	Mastaba

Amulets of protection[edit]

Amulets of protection: animals, gods, goddesses, etc.

Ankh Amulet[edit]

(life

symbol)

(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
	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[edit]

(gardiner

(unlisted))

(sometimes

just

(face

of

bes))

(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
	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[edit]

(eye

of

horus)

Gayer-Anderson cat, (donated to British Museum)

	Amulet	Egy. lang. equiv	Discovered by	Usage-or- Origin	City/ cemetery	Notes
	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[edit]

(eye

of

horus)

Thoth-as Baboon, (Louvre)

	Amulet	Egy. lang. equiv	Discovered by	Usage-or- Origin	City/ cemetery	Notes
	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[edit]

(three

fox

skins)

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
	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)[edit]

(fringed

fabric

with

(vertical

folded

cloth))

	Amulet	Egy. lang. equiv	Discovered by	Usage-or- Origin	City/ cemetery	Notes
	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[edit]

(heart)

	Amulet	Egy. lang. equiv	Discovered by	Usage-or- Origin	City/ cemetery	Notes
	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[edit]

(pectoral

on

necklace

(approximate)

	Amulet	Egy. lang. equiv	Discovered by	Usage-or- Origin	City/ cemetery	Notes
	Pectoral on necklace				Louvre Museum	suspension loop -- (for necklace)

Offering of Pectoral Necklace

Unidentified amulet[edit]

(three

fox

skins)

(two statues) Prince Rahotep, and wife Nofret

	Amulet	Egy. lang. equiv	Discovered by	Usage-or- Origin	City/ cemetery	Notes
	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[edit]

(unknown)

(f29

(pierced

hide)

– (created by Senusret III(?), or from Kush country(?))
Statues of Senusret III

	Amulet	Egy. lang. equiv	Discovered by	Usage-or- Origin	City/ cemetery	Notes
	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[edit]

Amulets of assimilation[edit]

2-Wine-Jars[edit]

(two

wine

vessels)

(tomb relief) Maya (Egyptian) w/Staff and hieroglyph inscriptions–(Tomb of Maya)

	Amulet	Egy. lang. equiv	Discovered by	Usage-or- Origin	City/ cemetery	Notes
	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))

References[edit]

^ Keller, 2000. Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, 2000. Egyptian Treasure from the British Museum, Statue of Tety, p. 44-45.
^ Keller, 2000; Statue of Tety, p. 45.
^ Reeves, 2000, Ancient Egypt, The Great Discoveries, a Year-by-Year Chronicle, 1816-1818, p. 19.
^ Keller, 2000. Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, 2000. Egyptian Treasure from the British Museum, Relief Panel of Iry, p. 40-41.
^ Reeves, 2000, Ancient Egypt, The Great Discoveries, a Year-by-Year Chronicle, 1975: New Kingdom Tombs at Saqqara, pp. 215-219, Other tombs - and Maya, pp. 218-219.

Andrews, Carol, 1994. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, chapter 4: Scarabs for the living and funerary scarabs, pp 50–59, Andrews, Carol, c 1993, University of Texas Press, 518 amulets, 1, or multiples included in 12 necklaces; (softcover, ISBN 0-292-70464-X)
Keller, 2000. Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, c 2000. Egyptian Treasure from the British Museum, Peter Keller, (Bowers), Robert Anderson, (British Museum), Carol A.R. Andrews, (British Museum), Relief Panel of Iry, p. 40-41. (softcover, ISBN 0-9679612-0-3)
Reeves, 2000. Ancient Egypt, The Great Discoveries, a Year-by-Year Chronicle, Nicholas Reeves, (Thames and Hudson Ltd, London), c 2000. 1975: New Kingdom Tombs at Saqqara, pp. 215–219, Other tombs - and Maya, pp. 218–219. (1816-18): After 1816, The Durham Servant Girl, p. 19. (hardcover, ISBN 0-500-05105-4)

External links[edit]

[1] Keller, 2000. Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, 2000. Egyptian Treasure from the British Museum, Statue of Tety, p. 44-45.

[2] Keller, 2000; Statue of Tety, p. 45.

[3] Reeves, 2000, Ancient Egypt, The Great Discoveries, a Year-by-Year Chronicle, 1816-1818, p. 19.

[4] Keller, 2000. Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, 2000. Egyptian Treasure from the British Museum, Relief Panel of Iry, p. 40-41.

[5] Reeves, 2000, Ancient Egypt, The Great Discoveries, a Year-by-Year Chronicle, 1975: New Kingdom Tombs at Saqqara, pp. 215-219, Other tombs - and Maya, pp. 218-219.

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