Bakenmut's coffin holding an amulet djed and tyet

European Museums, The British Museum

Amulet Djed and Tyet held by Bakenmut

Lid of the painted wooden outer coffin of the God's Father of Amun Bakenmut

Late 21st Dynasty, about 980 - 945 B.C.

From the Bab el-Gasus, no. 40

Bakenmut holds in his hands wooden amulets in the form of the Djed pillar and the Tit, associated with the deities Osiris and Isis respectively.


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Amulet Djed and Tyet held by Bakenmut
Taken on  Saturday 15th of August 2015
Device: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Model: SP800UZ
Genre:  980 - 945 B.C.
Source:  London, United Kingdom

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