The Weres was an amulet that symbolically represented the pillow or headrest under the head of an Egyptian mummy.[1] They were placed under the mummy's head to protect it from damage. The Weres amulet was often inscribed with a spell which read: "Their enemies have no power to cut off the heads of the deceased. The deceased shall cut off the heads of their enemies."[2] Weres amulets were sometimes placed in mummy wrappings to magically protect and lift the head of the deceased.[3]
Chapter 125 of the Egyptian Book of the Dead refers to the headrest: