Tit (Isis knot) amulet, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1550–1275 , From Egypt, Northern Upper Egypt, Abydos, Cemetery D, Tomb

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Tit (Isis knot) amulet, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1550–1275 , From Egypt, Northern Upper Egypt, Abydos, Cemetery D, Tomb D33, Egypt Exploration Fund excavations, 1900, Jasper, H. cm (2 5/8 in): w. cm (1 1/8 in); th. (1/4 in), The tit symbol (pronounced teet) illustrates a knotted piece of cloth whose early meaning is unknown, but in the New Kingdom it was clearly associated with the goddess Isis, the great magician and wife of Osiris

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