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1. Isis Knot
Placed on the neck of the mummy, this amulet was supposed to ensure that Isis, wife of Osiris, would help protect the body.
Egypt, Late - Ptolemaic Periods
ca. 712 - 30 B.C.

"Tyet (Isis Knot) Amulet"
Obsidian , h: 1.625"; w: .563"
Funded by John A. Manget, 1921.81
Collection of the Michael C. Carlos Museum

ODYSSEY HOME NEAR EAST Egypt GREECE ROME

© Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University,
Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester and Dallas Museum of Art
For more information please contact odyssey@emory.edu.
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