Serpent+Head+Amulet

Serpent Head Amulet


 * [[image:vs26.7.1044.jpg width="183" height="128" align="right"]]Egyptian Name:**

//Menqebyt//, //Menqeryt,// or //Werhekau//


 * Meaning of Name:**

"Great of Power"

An amulet consisting of the head and front part of a cobra's body, often made from gold, jasper, faience, ivory, carnelian, glass, or quartz. Placed around the neck of the mummy, its purpose was to protect the deceased owner from suffering injury from snakes and snakebite in the Duat, and to "cool the throat." Some theories state that it represents the serpent on the end of the instrument used in performing the important Opening of the Mouth ceremony. It was sometimes inscribed with the title and name of the deceased. One was found in the mummy wrappings of Tutankhamen.

Magical Amulets