Bracelet with a crocodile amulet ca. 1000–945 Third Intermediate Period Four bracelets of knotted two-ply linen cord were found around the left wrist of Henettawy’s mummy. Strung on this one is a crocodile of carnelian. 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 Bracelet with a crocodile amulet. ca. 1000–945 Linen, carnelian. Third Intermediate Period. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb of Henettawy F (MMA 59), MMA excavations, 1923–24. late Dynasty 21

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