RED JASPER TIT AMULET

RED JASPER TIT AMULET

Girdle of Isis in red jasper, colour of the blood of Isis, giving protection, loop-shaped with long sash, flanked by two folded loops with incised details, back flat

Ex Christies London, December 1996
H. 4,8 cm. To be placed on the neck of the deceased

New Kingdom, 18th-19th dyn., 1650-1085 BC

Cf. C. Andrews, Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London 1994, pp.44-45, fig. 49; Petrie, Amulets 88