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Bracelet with a crocodile amulet

Third Intermediate Period
ca. 1000–945 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 126
Four bracelets of knotted two-ply linen cord were found around the left wrist of Henettawy’s mummy. Strung in the center of this one is a crocodile of carnelian; thirteen knots are preserved, six on one side and seven on the other. One of the most dangerous creatures in the Egyptian landscape, the crocodile was used for amuletic purposes, as it was thought magically to ward off evil.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Bracelet with a crocodile amulet
  • Period: Third Intermediate Period
  • Dynasty: late Dynasty 21
  • Date: ca. 1000–945 BCE
  • Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb of Henettawy F (MMA 59), MMA excavations, 1923–24
  • Medium: Linen, carnelian
  • Dimensions: Diam. ca. 3.8 cm (1 1/2 in.)
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1925
  • Object Number: 25.3.191a
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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