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An Egyptian Jar Model Amulet, New Kingdom, ca. 1550 - 1069 BCE 7634277_xl your kitchen a good helperPetrie termed ktematic, from the Greek word for 'property', amulets in the shape of possessions which could act as magical substitutes for real clothing, personal accoutrements, goods and equipment taken to the tomb for use in the Other Life which might be stolen or destroyed. The objects represented might be items used in life, but some were of a ritual or funerary nature, made specifically to be set on or near the mummy on the day of the burial.