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Medium: Limestone
Bibliography: Andrews
collected during the 1950s–1960s
Condition: small chip to the detachable rim
whose reign marks the high point of the 26th Dynasty in terms of wealth and prosperity
An Egyptian Menkhet Counterpoise Amulet, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Sculpture - Architectural Medium: LimestoneThe identification of an amulet unique to private burials of the Late Dynastic and Graeco Roman Period, which appears to guarantee clothing to the deceased, has been much discussed by scholars. It resembles a particular type of hoop shaped counterpoise with a fringed edge named in the MacGregor Papyrus list as a menkhet. There may be a pun on the word menkhet, meaning 'clothing', although this is written differently in hieroglyphs. However, from the