List of ancient Egyptian statuary with amulet necklaces

Collection of amulets, Senckenberg, Naturmuseum, Frankfurt, Germany.
Suspension hole on 3-god plaque, lug-holes on: papyrus stem, Menats-(counterpoise)(?), large heart(?)(bottom-right)
(Photo: High-Res expandible).
Row 3: (4)-Heart amulets.

Ancient Amulet Necklace of Egypt, Albert hall Museum, Jaipur

Amulets of Egypt, 644-332 BC, Albert Hall Museum, Jaipur. Egyptian Gallery.

Amulet of Egypt, Ancient , Albert Hall Museum, Jaipur

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
2. Amulets of protection (or aversion)
3. The scarab for the living, (or for a funerary offering)
4. Amulets of assimilation
5. Amulets for powers
6. Amulets of possessions, property, or as offerings
7. (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.

Amulets of protection

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

Ankh Amulet

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

Bes Amulet

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

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  Motif:
  (non-formal Egyptian style): Dwarf /(Child) Carrying Oversized Container
  Amarna Period, reign of Akhenaten, 1353-1336 BC

Eye of Horus Amulet

Gayer-Anderson cat, (donated to British Museum)

Eye of Horus Amulet, Thoth-Baboon statues

Thoth-as Baboon, (Louvre)

Other types of plaque-necklaces on Thoth-baboon:

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  statue at Louvre with plaque-amulet necklace

3-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)

Heart amulet

Pectoral Necklace

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  Offering of Pectoral Necklace

Unidentified amulet

(two statues) Prince Rahotep, and wife Nofret

Amulet necklace statues of Senusret III

– (created by Senusret III(?), or from Kush country(?))
Statues of Senusret III

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  Amulet Necklace on 3-statues, British Museum
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  Berlin Museum statue
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  Louvre statue

Scarab amulets

Amulets of assimilation

2-Wine-Jars

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

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.

• 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, ISBN 0-292-70464-X)
• 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, ISBN 0-9679612-0-3)
• 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, ISBN 0-500-05105-4)

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