# Tyet (Isis Knot) Amulet

- By: Ancient Egyptian
- Date: Late Period, Dynasty 26 (664–525 BCE)
- Medium: Faience
- Classification: Costume and Accessories
- Dimensions: 4 × 2 × 0.5 cm (1 5/8 × 3/4 × 3/16 in.)
- Culture: Egypt
- Credit line: Gift of Charles L. Hutchinson, Henry H. Getty, and Norman W. Harris
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/135862)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/73d71d39-e4b7-1217-d5fc-bc9cce6d6375/full/843,/0/default.jpg
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Known in Egyptian as tyet, this type of amulet is thought to represent a folded piece of cloth associated with Isis. It was frequently placed at the neck of the mummy.

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