Tit (Isis knot) amulet, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1550–1275 B.C., From Egypt, Northern Upper Egypt, Abydos, Cemetery D, Tomb D33, Egypt Exploration Fund excavations, 1900, Jasper, H. 6.6 cm (2 5/8 in): w. 2.8 cm (1 1/8 in); th. 0.7cm (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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Tit, Isis knot, amulet, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca, 1550–1275 B.C, Egypt, Northern Upper Egypt, Abydos, Cemetery D, Tomb D33, Egypt Exploration Fund excavations, 1900, Jasper, H, 6.6 cm, 2 5/8, w, 2.8, 1 1/8, th, 0.7cm, 1/4, tit, symbol, pronounced teet, illustrates, knotted piece, cloth, early meaning, unknown, associated, goddess Isis, great magician, wife, Osiris
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