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:
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 | ||
Girdle of Isis/Knot of Isis Tyet (and Djed Pillar) | tyt | Flinders Petrie | 5th Dynasty | Mastaba | ||
Amulets of protection: animals, gods, goddesses, etc.
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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 | |
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(shiny boxwood statuette) Young Girl, (shaved head with youth side lock), Carrying oversized PotThe 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) | ||
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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 | ||||
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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:
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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) | ||
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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) | |||
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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 | ||||
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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) | ||||
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(two statues) Prince Rahotep, and wife Nofret
Amulet | Egy. lang. equiv | Discovered by | Usage-or- Origin | City/ cemetery | Notes | |
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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(?) | |||
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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 | |||
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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 | |
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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)) | ||
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