Showcasing Egypt’s most rare and mysterious amulets
Egyptian Amulets
A scholarly, illustrated reference to ancient Egyptian amulets: gods and goddesses, sacred animals, symbols of power and protection, from the Predynastic to the Roman Period.
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Following the classification of Sir William Flinders Petrie.
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Petrocephalus bane Fish?
This presumably Petrocephalus bane fish is not believed to be sacred to a deity. Amulets of the fish are very rare and may date to the Late Period
Taweret holding two Sa signs 1
The Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung #ÄM 22272 is a Taweret of the Late Period holding laterally one Sa sign
Composite figure of Mut and Isis 1
Green glaze H 8.0, W 2.3, D 2.7 · Late Period-Ptolemaic Period
Word establish 1
Broken blue glaze H 1.4 New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III
Animal (baboon?) in a boat 1
Green glaze H 3.4, W 2.5, T 0.4
God with four ram heads facing in four directions, probably Khnum 1
Green glaze H 11.0, W 1.4, D 2.5 · Late Period-Ptolemaic Period
Amulets were worn by the living and placed on the dead to protect, to empower and to assimilate the wearer with the gods. This site presents rare and well-documented examples, each with its material, period, dimensions, collection and bibliographic references.