| 释义 |
- Amulets of protection Ankh Amulet Bes Amulet Eye of Horus Amulet Eye of Horus Amulet, Thoth-Baboon statues 3-Fox-Skins Fringed-Fabric ligatured w/ vertical S-(folded cloth) Heart amulet Pectoral Necklace Unidentified amulet Amulet necklace statues of Senusret III
- Scarab amulets
- Amulets of assimilation 2-Wine-Jars 2-Wine-Jars
- Papyrus of Ani
- References
- External links
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}}The "Amulets of Ancient Egypt" fall in approximately seven major categories: - –Amulets of gods/goddesses & sacred animals
- –Amulets of protection (or aversion)
- –The Scarab (artifact) for the living, (or for a funerary offering)
- –Amulets of assimilation
- –Amulets for powers
- –Amulets of possessions, property, or as offerings
- –(symbolism of materials)
The first usages are from timeperiods 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. | Amulet | Egy. lang. equiv | Discovered by | Usage-or-
Origin | City/
cemetery | Notes |
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Papyrus stem (hieroglyph)
(scarab at left) | udjt
utchat | 5th Dynasty | Mastaba | One of the 14 Spirits of Ra-(no 5); meanings of youth, viguor | Girdle of Isis/Knot of Isis
Tyet
(and Djed Pillar) | tyt | Flinders Petrie | 5th Dynasty | Mastaba | |
Amulets of protectionAmulets of protection: animals, gods, goddesses, etc. Ankh AmuletS34-(life-symbol)(seated)-block statue of: Cuboid Statue of Tety called Tetyty,[1] [https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=119653&partid=1&IdNum=888&orig=%2fresearch%2fsearch_the_collection_database%2fmuseum_no__provenance_search.aspx (photo)], British Museum | Amulet | Egyptian. lang. equiv | Discovered by | Usage-or-
Origin | City/
cemetery | Notes |
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Ankh-Amulet
on necklace | 'n(kh) | British Museum, acquired by E. A. Wallis Budge | 1475BC | Karnak-(?) | protection, or honorary amulet
part of hieroglyph-statement-theme: an(kh)-hot(e)p
(+ on right and left hands: symbols of Upper and Lower Egypt + Sun + Moon); modern meaning: Enjoy: Life & Peace, everywhere the Sun and Moon is present,[2] (all of Egypt)
see wikicommons: Block statues of Egypt | |
Bes AmuletD2-(gardiner-(unlisted))-(sometimes-just-(face-of-bes))(shiny boxwood statuette) Young Girl, (shaved head with youth side lock), Carrying oversized Pot The Durham Servant Girl, (photo, Durham Museum)| Amulet | Egy. lang. equiv | Discovered by | Usage-or-
Origin | City/
cemetery | Notes |
|---|
medium-sized Bes Amulet
on necklace | Durham University Museum
acquired after 1816, by Lord Algernon Percy | (reign of Amenhotep III) | from pit, near TT52
owned by First Prophet of Amun, MeryPtah | protection, or honorary amulet
(no photo, at present[3])
for God of Children, or Youth
boxwood, small cosmetic container-(in non-standard/expressionist style) | |
Eye of Horus AmuletD10-(eye-of-horus)Gayer-Anderson cat, (donated to British Museum) | Amulet | Egy. lang. equiv | Discovered by | Usage-or-
Origin | City/
cemetery | Notes |
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Plaque-Necklace
as Eye-of-Horus Amulet | (Late Period of Egypt) | cat, as cat-Goddess Bastet
British Museum | |
Eye of Horus Amulet, Thoth-Baboon statuesD10-(eye-of-horus)Thoth-as Baboon, (Louvre) | Amulet | Egy. lang. equiv | Discovered by | Usage-or-
Origin | City/
cemetery | Notes |
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Plaque-Necklace
as Eye-of-Horus Amulet | baboon, as god-Thoth
Louvre (no. E17496) | |
Other types of plaque-necklaces on Thoth-baboon: 3-Fox-SkinsF31-(three-fox-skins)vertical Painted Relief Panel of Iry,[4] Scribe, ([https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=111155&partid=1&IdNum=1168&orig=%2fresearch%2fsearch_the_collection_database%2fmuseum_no__provenance_search.aspx (correct vertical)-Painted Panel Relief of Iry. ]) | Amulet | Egy. lang. equiv | Discovered by | Usage-or-
Origin | City/
cemetery | Notes |
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3-fox skins
on necklace | ms, "born of"
examples: Pharaoh Ahmose: "Moon-Born", or:
Kamose, "Spirit-Born" | 4th Dynasty
(2613–2589 BC) | Iry's Tomb, Saqqara | protection(?), or honorary amulet(?)
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(Actual Photo of Iry's Panel, see British Museum page)
(photo shown of similar vertical panel, same period of hieroglyphs: wood panel of Hesy-Ra) | |
Fringed-Fabric ligatured w/ vertical S-(folded cloth)S28-(fringed-fabric-with-(vertical-s-folded-cloth))| Amulet | Egy. lang. equiv | Discovered by | Usage-or-
Origin | City/
cemetery | Notes |
|---|
Fringed-Fabric with S folded cloth-Symbol
on necklace | Narmer Palette,
Predynastic Egypt or Old Kingdom | the palette is from Hierakonopolis | behind Pharaoh Narmer, attendant carrying "pair of sandals": his title from necklace: Steward of the Pharaoh's Wardrobe
necklace of authority
(see expanded version: Attendant of Pharaoh Narmer) | |
Heart amuletF34-(heart)| Amulet | Egy. lang. equiv | Discovered by | Usage-or-
Origin | City/
cemetery | Notes |
|---|
Heart Amulet
on necklace | TT55, tomb of Ramose (TT55), (in Theban Tomb 55) | Necklace with
Heart-shaped amulet
Central Figure, under 2-opposite-facing Water Libation vessels streaming Water-streams.
Usekh collar, double-stranded necklace w/ large amulet laying upon the collar.
Wikicommons, Tomb of Ramose | |
Pectoral NecklaceS11-.-S17A-(pectoral-on-necklace-(approximate)| Amulet | Egy. lang. equiv | Discovered by | Usage-or-
Origin | City/
cemetery | Notes |
|---|
Pectoral
on necklace | Louvre Museum | suspension loop
--
(for necklace) | |
Unidentified amuletF31-(three-fox-skins)(two statues) Prince Rahotep, and wife Nofret | Amulet | Egy. lang. equiv | Discovered by | Usage-or-
Origin | City/
cemetery | Notes |
|---|
possibly:
3-fox skins
on necklace
(for husband: Prince Rahotep-wife Nofret has a Usekh collar-type necklace) | 4th Dynasty
(2613–2589 BC) | the couple's Mastaba at Meidum | protection(?), or honorary amulet(?) | |
Amulet necklace statues of Senusret IIIO39-(unknown)-.-F29-(f29-(pierced-hide) – (created by Senusret III(?), or from Kush country(?))
Statues of Senusret III| Amulet | Egy. lang. equiv | Discovered by | Usage-or-
Origin | City/
cemetery | Notes |
|---|
pierced object amulet
on necklace | 12th Dynasty
(ca 1850 BC)
(post Kush campaigns(?)) | Senusret III statue at British Museum | protection(?), or honorary amulet(?)
found on multiple statues | |
Scarab amulets{{for|Scarab as an artifact, jewellery part, writing surface, grave good|Scarab (artifact)}}Amulets of assimilation2-Wine-JarsW21-(two-wine-vessels)(tomb relief) Maya (Egyptian) w/Staff and hieroglyph inscriptions–(Tomb of Maya) | Amulet | Egy. lang. equiv | Discovered by | Usage-or-
Origin | City/
cemetery | Notes |
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2-Wine-Jars amulet
on necklace | irp, 'wine'
(Det.) | Geoffrey Martin
1986-
(Re-working of Saqqara tombs-newly discovered tomb)[5] | 'Tomb of Maya
Maya was Treasurer of Tutankhamun | Abundance
(no photo link, at present)
(see Pectoral (Ancient Egypt)) | |
References{{Commons category|Ancient Egyptian amulets}}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
- [https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?objectid=111155&partid=1&IdNum=1168&orig=%2fresearch%2fsearch_the_collection_database%2fmuseum_no__provenance_search.aspx (vertical)-Painted Panel Relief of Iry. ]
- Tomb of Ramose
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