The mandrake, 'rmmt', occurs frequently in Egyptian love poems. In pictures it is shown in a similar way to the lotus'.

Small faience mandrake fruit amulet. These were popular in the 18th Dynasty but extend into the 19th (Giddy, L., 2000 p 86). Györy (1998, 498) states that in the North Suburb of Amarna every 5th vegetable amulet was a mandrake with an attachment for a bead above and one below. (Györy, H. 1998. Remarks on Amarna Amulets in C.J. Eyre, ed. Proceedings of the 7th International Congress of Egyptologists September 1995, 497-507).

Collection

Egypt Centre, University of Swansea

Inventory Number

3543385

Title

The mandrake, 'rmmt', occurs frequently in Egyptian love poems. In pictures it is shown in a similar way to the lotus'.

Object Type

Image

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