# List of ancient Egyptian statuary with amulet necklaces

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:
   * Amulets of gods/goddesses and sacred animals
   * Amulets of protection (or aversion)
   * The scarab 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 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.
| Amulet | Egy. lang. equiv | Discovered by | Usage-or- Origin | City/ cemetery | Notes |
| 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 protection

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

### Ankh Amulet

(seated)-block statue of: Cuboid Statue of Tety called Tetyty, (photo), British Museum
| Amulet | Egyptian. lang. equiv | Discovered by | Usage-or- Origin | City/ cemetery | Notes |
| 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, (all of Egypt) see wikicommons: Block statues of Egypt |

### Bes Amulet

(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) for God of Children, or Youth boxwood, small cosmetic container-(in non-standard/expressionist style) |
* 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)
| Amulet | Egy. lang. equiv | Discovered by | Usage-or- Origin | City/ cemetery | Notes |
| Plaque-Necklace as Eye-of-Horus Amulet | | | | (Late Period of Egypt) | cat, as cat-Goddess Bastet British Museum |

### Eye of Horus Amulet, Thoth-Baboon statues

Thoth-as Baboon, (Louvre)
| Amulet | Egy. lang. equiv | Discovered by | Usage-or- Origin | City/ cemetery | Notes |
| Plaque-Necklace as Eye-of-Horus Amulet | | | | | baboon, as god-Thoth Louvre (no. E17496) |
Other types of plaque-necklaces on Thoth-baboon:
* statue at Louvre with plaque-amulet necklace

### 3-Fox-Skins

vertical Painted Relief Panel of Iry, Scribe, ((correct vertical)-Painted Panel Relief of Iry. )
| Amulet | Egy. lang. equiv | Discovered by | Usage-or- Origin | City/ cemetery | Notes |
| 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(?) --- (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)

| 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 amulet

| 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 Necklace

| Amulet | Egy. lang. equiv | Discovered by | Usage-or- Origin | City/ cemetery | Notes |
| Pectoral on necklace | | | | Louvre Museum | suspension loop -- (for necklace) |
* Offering of Pectoral Necklace

### Unidentified amulet

(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 III

– (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 |
* Amulet Necklace on 3-statues, British Museum
* Berlin Museum statue
* Louvre statue

## Amulets of assimilation
### 2-Wine-Jars

(tomb relief) Maya (Egyptian) w/Staff and hieroglyph inscriptions–(Tomb of Maya)
| Amulet | Egy. lang. equiv | Discovered by | Usage-or- Origin | City/ cemetery | Notes |
| 2-Wine-Jars amulet on necklace | irp, 'wine' (Det.) | Geoffrey Martin 1986- (Re-working of Saqqara tombs-newly discovered tomb) | | Tomb of Maya Maya was Treasurer of Tutankhamun | Abundance (no photo link, at present) (see Pectoral (Ancient Egypt)) |