List of ancient Egyptian statuary with amulet necklaces
The "Amulets of Ancient Egypt" fall in approximately seven major categories:
The first usages are from timeperiods 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 | udjt utchat | 5th Dynasty | Mastaba | One of the 14 Spirits of Ra-; meanings of youth, viguor | ||
Girdle of Isis/Knot of Isis Tyet | tyt | Flinders Petrie | 5th Dynasty | Mastaba |
Amulets of protection
Amulets of protection: animals, gods, goddesses, etc.[Ankh] Amulet
-block statue of: Cuboid Statue of Tety called Tetyty, , British Museum
Amulet | Egyptian. lang. equiv | Discovered by | Usage-or- Origin | City/ cemetery | Notes | |
Ankh-Amulet on necklace | 'n | British Museum, acquired by E. A. Wallis Budge | 1475BC | Karnak- | protection, or honorary amulet part of hieroglyph-statement-theme: an-hotp ; modern meaning: Enjoy: Life & Peace, everywhere the Sun and Moon is present, see wikicommons: |
[Bes] Amulet
Young Girl,, Carrying oversized Pot
The Durham Servant Girl,
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 | from pit, near TT52 owned by First Prophet of Amun, MeryPtah | protection, or honorary amulet for God of Children, or Youth boxwood, small cosmetic container- |
[Eye of Horus] Amulet
Gayer-Anderson cat,
Amulet | Egy. lang. equiv | Discovered by | Usage-or- Origin | City/ cemetery | Notes | |
Plaque-Necklace as Eye-of-Horus Amulet | cat, as cat-Goddess Bastet British Museum |
[Eye of Horus] Amulet, [Thoth]-Baboon statues
Thoth-as Baboon,
Amulet | Egy. lang. equiv | Discovered by | Usage-or- Origin | City/ cemetery | Notes | |
Plaque-Necklace as Eye-of-Horus Amulet | baboon, as god-Thoth Louvre |
Other types of plaque-necklaces on Thoth-baboon:
3-Fox-Skins">three fox skins (hieroglyph)">3-Fox-Skins
vertical Painted Relief Panel of Iry, Scribe,
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 | Iry's Tomb, Saqqara | protection, or honorary amulet --- '' |
Fringed-Fabric ligatured w/ vertical S-(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 |
Heart amulet
Amulet | Egy. lang. equiv | Discovered by | Usage-or- Origin | City/ cemetery | Notes | |
Heart Amulet on necklace | TT55, tomb of Ramose, | 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. |
Pectoral Necklace
Amulet | Egy. lang. equiv | Discovered by | Usage-or- Origin | City/ cemetery | Notes | |
Pectoral on necklace | Louvre Museum | suspension loop -- |
Unidentified amulet
Prince Rahotep, and wife Nofret
Amulet | Egy. lang. equiv | Discovered by | Usage-or- Origin | City/ cemetery | Notes | |
possibly: 3-fox skins on necklace | 4th Dynasty | the couple's Mastaba at Meidum | protection, or honorary amulet |
Amulet necklace statues of [Senusret III]
Statues of Senusret III
Amulet | Egy. lang. equiv | Discovered by | Usage-or- Origin | City/ cemetery | Notes | |
pierced object amulet on necklace | 12th Dynasty | Senusret III statue at British Museum | protection, or honorary amulet found on multiple statues |
Scarab amulets
Amulets of assimilation
2-Wine-Jars
Maya w/Staff and hieroglyph inscriptions-
Amulet | Egy. lang. equiv | Discovered by | Usage-or- Origin | City/ cemetery | Notes | |
2-Wine-Jars amulet on necklace | irp, 'wine' | Geoffrey Martin 1986- | Tomb of Maya Maya was Treasurer of Tutankhamun | Abundance''' |