Bracelet with a crocodile amulet

Third Intermediate Period

ca. 1000–945 B.C.

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.

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Title: Bracelet with a crocodile amulet
Period: Third Intermediate Period
Dynasty: late Dynasty 21
Date: ca. 1000–945 B.C.
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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