Ancient Egyptian Faience Amulets
May 2026
These objects are predominantly protective amulets from ancient Egypt, mostly made of faience and worn as costume accessories for spiritual and funerary purposes.
88 objects · 4 institutions
Amulet of Mummiform Khonsu
Art Institute of Chicago
Late Period, Dynasties 26–31 (664–332 BCE)
Amulet of a Baboon
Art Institute of Chicago
Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21–25 (1070–656 BCE)
Amulet of a Crocodile
Art Institute of Chicago
Third Intermediate–Late Period (about 1069–332 BCE)
Amulet of a Djed Pillar
Art Institute of Chicago
Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21–25 (1070–656 BCE)
Amulet of a Falcon-Headed God
Art Institute of Chicago
Late Period, Dynasty 25–30 (780–343 BCE)
Amulet of a Hare
Art Institute of Chicago
Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21–25 (1070–656 BCE)
Amulet of a Headrest
Art Institute of Chicago
Late Period, Dynasty 26–31 (664–332 BCE)
Amulet of a Headrest
Art Institute of Chicago
Late Period, Dynasties 26–31 (664–332 BCE)
Amulet of a Heart
Art Institute of Chicago
Late Period, Dynasty 26–31 (664–332 BCE)
Amulet of a Hybrid Deity (Body of Dwarf, Ram Head, Bird Wings and Tail)
Art Institute of Chicago
Late Period (664–332 BCE)
Amulet of a Lion-Headed Goddess
Art Institute of Chicago
Third Intermediate Period, Dynasties 21–25 (about 1069–664 BCE)
Amulet of a Menat Counterpoise with Lion-headed Goddess
Art Institute of Chicago
Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 25–Late Period, Dynasty 26, about 747–525 BCE
Amulet of a Ram's Head
Art Institute of Chicago
New Kingdom–Third Intermediate Period (about 1550–664 BCE)
Amulet of a Shrew
Cleveland Museum of Art
715–332 BCE
Amulet of a Situla (Jar)
Art Institute of Chicago
Third Intermediate Period (about 1070–664 BCE)
Amulet of a Situla (Jar)
Art Institute of Chicago
Third Intermediate Period, Dynasties 21–25 (about 1069–656 BCE)
Amulet of a Stamp Seal
Art Institute of Chicago
Late Period, Dynasties 26–31 (664–332 BCE)
Amulet of a Star
Cleveland Museum of Art
1980–1801 BCE
Amulet of an Ankh
Art Institute of Chicago
Third Intermediate Period–Late Period (1070–332 BCE)
Amulet of an Ichneumon (?)
Art Institute of Chicago
Late Period–Ptolemaic Period (?) (about 7th–1st centuries BCE)
Amulet of an Unidentified Goddess
Art Institute of Chicago
Ptolemaic Period (?) (332–30 BCE)
Amulet of the Crown of Lower Egypt
Art Institute of Chicago
Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21–25 (1070–656 BCE)
Amulet of the God Bes
Art Institute of Chicago
Late Period, Dynasty 26–31 (664–332 BCE)
Amulet of the God Bes
Art Institute of Chicago
Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21–25 (1070–656 BCE)
Amulet of the God Bes
Art Institute of Chicago
Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21–25 (1070–656 BCE)
Amulet of the God Duamutef (one of the four Sons of Horus)
Art Institute of Chicago
Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21–25 (1070–656 BCE)
Amulet of the God Hapy (one of the four Sons of Horus)
Art Institute of Chicago
Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21–25 (1069–656 BCE)
Amulet of the God Harpocrates (Standing)
Art Institute of Chicago
Late Period, Dynasty 26–31 (664–332 BCE)
Amulet of the God Imsety (one of the four Sons of Horus)
Art Institute of Chicago
Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21–25 (1070–656 BCE)
Amulet of the God Seth
Art Institute of Chicago
New Kingdom, Dynasty 19–20 (about 1295–1069 BCE)
Amulet of the God Shu
Art Institute of Chicago
Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21–25 (1070–656 BCE)
Amulet of the God Shu
Art Institute of Chicago
Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21–25 (1070–656 BCE)
Amulet of the God Shu
Art Institute of Chicago
Late Period, Dynasty 26 (664-525 BCE)
Amulet of the God Thoth
Art Institute of Chicago
Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21–25 (1070–656 BCE)
Amulet of the God Thoth
Art Institute of Chicago
Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21–25 (1070–656 BCE)
Amulet of the Goddess Bastet
Art Institute of Chicago
Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21–25 (1070–656 BCE)
Amulet of the Goddess Hathor (?) with Cow's Head
Art Institute of Chicago
Third Intermediate–Late Period? (about 1069–332 BCE)
Amulet of the Goddess Isis
Art Institute of Chicago
Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21–25 (1070–656 BCE)
Amulet of the Goddess Isis
Art Institute of Chicago
Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21–25 (1070–656 BCE)
Amulet of the Goddess Tawaret (Thoeris)
Art Institute of Chicago
New Kingdom, Dynasties 18–20 (about 1550–1069 BCE)
Amulet of the Goddess Taweret (Thoeris)
Art Institute of Chicago
Late Period, Dynasty 26–30 (664–343 BCE)
Amulet of the Goddess Taweret (Thoeris)
Art Institute of Chicago
Third Intermediate Period–Late Period, Dynasties 21–31 (about 1069–332 BCE)
Amulet of the Goddesses Isis and Nephthys with Horus Standing Between
Art Institute of Chicago
Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21–25 (1070–656 BCE)
Amulet of the Seated Goddess Sekhmet
Art Institute of Chicago
New Kingdom–Third Intermediate Period (about 1050–664 BCE)
Amulet or Inlay of a Serpent
Art Institute of Chicago
Late Period (about 664–332 BCE)
Amulets of Hearts (2)
Art Institute of Chicago
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18 (about 1350 BCE)
Bead or Amulet in the Shape of Two Birds
Art Institute of Chicago
New Kingdom, mid–Dynasty 18–Dynasty 19, about 1390–1186 BCE
Bead-like Ornament
GETTY
4th century A.D.
Bead-like Ornament
GETTY
4th century A.D.
Bead-like Ornament
GETTY
4th century A.D.
Chair or Bed Leg with the God Bes
Cleveland Museum of Art
1540–1296 BCE
Cowroid Seal Amulet Inscribed for the God's Wife Hatshepsut
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1479–1458 B.C.
Cowroid: Floral Motif
Art Institute of Chicago
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18 (1550–1069 BCE)
Eye of Horus (Wedjat) Amulet
Art Institute of Chicago
Middle Kingdom (?) (about 1700 BCE)
Eye of Horus (Wedjat) Amulet
Art Institute of Chicago
Ptolemaic Period (305–30 BCE)
Eye of Horus (Wedjat) Finger Ring
Art Institute of Chicago
New Kingdom, late Dynasty 18 (about 1325 BCE)
Eye of Horus (Wedjat) Finger Ring
Art Institute of Chicago
New Kingdom, late Dynasty 18 (about 1325 BCE)
Eye of Horus (Wedjat) Finger Ring
Art Institute of Chicago
New Kingdom, late Dynasty 18 (about 1325 BCE)
Face Amulet
Art Institute of Chicago
Coptic Period (4th–7th century)
Fly Amulet
Cleveland Museum of Art
2040–1648 BCE
Food Model Amulet: Brace of Duck
Cleveland Museum of Art
1295–1069 BCE
Foundation Deposit: Calf's Foreleg (khepesh)
Art Institute of Chicago
New Kingdom? (about 1550–1069 BCE)
Frog Seal Amulet with the Throne Name of Amenhotep III on the Base
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1390–1352 B.C.
Inlay (?) in form of a Cartouche
Art Institute of Chicago
New Kingdom or later, Dynasties 19– (1295 BCE–?)
Model Basket as Amulet
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1069–945 BCE
Mortar
Art Institute of Chicago
Ptolemaic–Roman Period (332 BCE–395 CE)
Nefertem Amulet
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 500 BCE
Oracular Amuletic Decree
Cleveland Museum of Art
1069–715 BCE
Pair of Djed-Pillar Amulets
Cleveland Museum of Art
380–30 BCE
Papyrus Column (wadj) Amulet
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 712–332 B.C.
Pectoral Amulet of the Goddess Bastet
Art Institute of Chicago
Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty 21–25 (1070–656 BCE)
Pendant in the Shape of a Lotus Blossom
Art Institute of Chicago
New Kingdom–Late Period (about 1550–664 BCE)
Ring: Figure of Seated Baboon (Thoth)
Art Institute of Chicago
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18 (about 1390 BCE)
Ring: Figure of Serpent Uto (?)
Art Institute of Chicago
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18 (about 1390 BCE)
Ring: Head of Hathor
Art Institute of Chicago
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18 (about 1390 BCE)
Ring: Menphetyre (Ramesses I)
Art Institute of Chicago
New Kingdom, Dynasty 19, reign of Ramesses I (about 1295–1186 BCE)
Ring: Nebmaatre (Amenhotep III)
Art Institute of Chicago
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III (about 1390–1352 BCE)
Ring: Oval
Art Institute of Chicago
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18 (about 1350 BCE)
Ring: Ramesses-mry-Amun?
Art Institute of Chicago
New Kingdom, Dynasty 20, reign of Ramesses V? (about 1147–1143 BCE)
Ring: with Inlaid Openwork Bezel
Art Institute of Chicago
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18 (about 1350 BCE)
Seal Amulet
Cleveland Museum of Art
2311–2140 BCE
Seal Amulet
Cleveland Museum of Art
2311–2124 BCE
Seal Stone
Metropolitan Museum of Art
10th–11th century
Seal with Two Gazelles
Art Institute of Chicago
Persian Period, Dynasty 31 (343–332 BCE)
Sealing
Metropolitan Museum of Art
ca. 1981–1640 B.C.
Son of Horus Amulet
Cleveland Museum of Art
664–525 BCE
Thoth Amulet
Metropolitan Museum of Art
664–30 B.C.
Tyet (Isis Knot) Amulet
Art Institute of Chicago
Late Period, Dynasty 26 (664–525 BCE)