Tit (Isis knot) amulet, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 525–30 BC, From Egypt, Red Glass, H. 3.1 × W. 1.2 cm (1 1/4 × 1/2 in.), Some of the glass amulets from the later Late Period through the Ptolemaic Period can be specifically tied to spells of the Book of the Dead. For example, red is the preferred color for the tit knot: Book of the Dead chapter 156 prescribes a tit knot of red jasper at the throat of the deceased to provide him / her with the protection of Isis
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