Serket

Oct 16, 2026 | Amulets of goddesses, gods, and sacred animals, Human-form goddesses

Serket - Lapis lazuli H 3.8, W 0.7

Serket with Isis, Nephthys and Neith were the four goddesses who protected coffins and canopic jars. She is usually represented as a woman wearing a scorpion overhead1. Amulets of Serket are rare and mostly of the Late Period2

Serket - Lapis lazuli H 3.8, W 0.7

Lapis lazuli H 3.8, W 0.7
D 1.2 Undated
© The Trustees
of the British
Museum #EA60375

Serket - Poor gold sheet with

Poor gold sheet with
scorpion overhead
H 2.4, W 1.3
Late Period, Dynasty
26-29 MET #23.10.27

Serket - Blue glazed wearing the

Blue glazed wearing the
atef crown with a scorpion
on the brow H 7.8, W1.8, D 2.4
Third Intermediate Period
© The Trustees of the British
Museum #EA26237

Unscaled Pictures

References

1Wilkinson R H. The complete gods and goddesses of ancient Egypt, 2003, Thames & Hudson, pp. 233-235
2Andrews C. Amulets of Ancient Egypt, 1994, Fig. 20e