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Tyet

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A named knotted amulet of Isis in Egyptian rite and later burial. Not the ankh, and not a generic knot-diagram.

Also known as Isis knot

Egyptian religion

  • Tyet appears in Egyptian religion.

    The Book of the Dead gives the tyet, the knotted amulet of Isis, its own protective spell. A named funerary tie in that corpus, not the ankh and not a generic knot-diagram.

    from Raymond O. Faulkner (translation) · Book of the Dead, New Kingdom spells; Faulkner trans. 1972

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  • Tyet is sacred to Isis.

    The Book of the Dead treats the tyet-knot as Isis’s blood-sign among the dead. A named knot of that goddess, not the djed, and not a generic amulet.

    from Raymond O. Faulkner (translation) · Book of the Dead, New Kingdom spells; Faulkner trans. 1972

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sources

  • Book of the Dead · Raymond O. Faulkner (translation)

    Raymond O. Faulkner, The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead.