AN EGYPTIAN CARNELIAN TYET AMULET

NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XIX-XX, 1307-1070 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN CARNELIAN TYET AMULET
NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XIX-XX, 1307-1070 B.C.
Representing an open loop of material, the lower end bound, from which hangs a long sash flanked by two folded loops, the details rendered by incision, a ribbed suspension loop above
2¼ in. (5.7 cm.) high

Provenance

Leon Wyczolkowski, painter, Bydgoszcz, Poland.
Victor Benedict, Poland, acquired between 1892-1915; thence by descent, 1922; thence by descent, Liverpool, 2001, to the great-great-granddaughter of the original owner.

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Lot Essay

Tyet amulets, also called the "Girdle of Isis," were prescribed by chapter 15b of the Book of the Dead to be made of red jasper or carnelian, the color of the blood of the goddess. When placed on the neck of the mummy, "the power of Isis will be the protection of his body." See pp. 44-45 and the cover image in Andrews, Amulets of Ancient Egypt.

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