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Amulets: plants
Plants as amulets are especially popular in the Amarna Period, it is not easy to distinguish between 'religious' amulets and 'aesthetic' jewellery.
wadj column (papyrus) | ![]() |
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sometimes found in the New Kingdom (most often in a royal context), very common in the Twenty-second to Twenty-fifth Dynasty, attested till the Ptolemaic Period |
lotus flower | ![]() |
lotus blossom as amulets appear sporadically in all periods; | |||
grapes | ![]() |
a round type | ![]() |
underside flat | Amarna Period and 19th Dynasty. The amuletic meaning is to be seen in the connection with wine |
cornflower | ![]() |
mainly Amarna period and shortly after; some examples from the Late Period |
datings are according: Müller-Winkler 1987: 247-289
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