Group of 7 amulets

Third Intermediate Period

ca. 1070–945 B.C.

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 126

This group of objects was found on the throat of the Lady Djedmutesankh, threaded together in a tight bunch. There are now 7 amulets of various materials: 2 plaques, one incised with the image of a man and the other with a rearing cobra; 2 wedjat eyes; 1 wadj (papyrus) scepter; 1 heart; and 1 "Isis knot" (girdle tie). Two additional amulets, a heart and a papyrus stalk, both of green glass, disintegrated after they were discovered. See 25.3.169a–i for the individual amulets.

For other objects found in the burial of Djedmutesankh, see 25.3.1-.3; 154a-d;.17-.18; .24; .27; and .167-.170.

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Title: Group of 7 amulets
Period: Third Intermediate Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 21
Date: ca. 1070–945 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb MMA 60, Chamber, Burial of Djedmutesankh (Ch5), MMA excavations, 1923–24
Medium: Lapis lazuli, hematite, carnelian
Dimensions: H. 0.6 to 1.4 cm
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1925
Object Number: 25.3.169-related
Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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