List of ancient Egyptian statuary with amulet necklaces explained

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:

1. Amulets of gods/goddesses and sacred animals

1. Amulets of protection (or aversion)

1. The scarab for the living, (or for a funerary offering)

1. Amulets of assimilation

1. Amulets for powers

1. Amulets of possessions, property, or as offerings

1. (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

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

Ankh Amulet

S34-(life-symbol)

(seated)-block statue of: Cuboid Statue of Tety called Tetyty,^[1] (photo), British Museum

Bes Amulet

D2-(gardiner-(unlisted))-(sometimes-just-(face-of-bes))

(shiny boxwood statuette) Young Girl, (shaved head with youth side lock), Carrying oversized PotThe Durham Servant Girl, (photo, Durham Museum)

Eye of Horus Amulet

D10-(eye-of-horus)

Gayer-Anderson cat, (donated to British Museum)

Eye of Horus Amulet, Thoth-Baboon statues

D10-(eye-of-horus)

Thoth-as Baboon, (Louvre)

Other types of plaque-necklaces on Thoth-baboon:

3-Fox-Skins

F31-(three-fox-skins)

vertical Painted Relief Panel of Iry,^[4] Scribe, ((correct vertical)-Painted Panel Relief of Iry. )

Fringed-Fabric ligatured w/ vertical S-(folded cloth)

S28-(fringed-fabric-with-(vertical-s-folded-cloth))

Heart amulet

F34-(heart)

Pectoral Necklace

S11-.-S17A-(pectoral-on-necklace-(approximate)

Unidentified amulet

F31-(three-fox-skins)

(two statues) Prince Rahotep, and wife Nofret

Amulet necklace statues of Senusret III

O39-(unknown)-.-F29-(f29-(pierced-hide)  - (created by Senusret III(?), or from Kush country(?))
Statues of Senusret III

Amulets of assimilation

2-Wine-Jars

W21-(two-wine-vessels)

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

References

• 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,)
• 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,)
• 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,)

External links

• Attendant of Pharaoh Narmer, Wikicommons
• The Durham Servant Girl-(photo), a boxwood kohl pot-(for kohl), Ancient Egyptian cosmetic containers; Article
• (vertical)-Painted Panel Relief of Iry.
• Tomb of Ramose

Notes and References

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.