Egyptian funerary religion
Isis Knot
The buckle, traditionally associated with Isis and commonly called tyet, is described in Tirard’s account as made of carnelian. Its written formula invokes the goddess’s blood, words of power, and might. A vignette gives the buckle hands that seize the deceased’s arm and prevent an unwanted journey east. Protection is made visible as a symbolic object acting on the person.
Also known as Isis knot
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Principal account
TraditionalThe buckle, traditionally associated with Isis and commonly called tyet, is described in Tirard’s account as made of carnelian. Its written formula invokes the goddess’s blood, words of power, and might.
Further detail
TraditionalA vignette gives the buckle hands that seize the deceased’s arm and prevent an unwanted journey east. Protection is made visible as a symbolic object acting on the person.
Context & interpretation
Tirard’s 1910 account interprets selected funerary texts and rituals through the scholarship of her period. Local cults and surviving manuscripts vary; her comparisons and proposed origins are not a modern Egyptological consensus.
Original passages
Source 1
The Book of the Dead
was killed by his brother Set. On the buckle of carnelian is written, " The blood of Isis, the words of power of Isis, Pap.Open this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Egyptian funerary religion; active reader leaf 91
Exact passage checked against active scan text and original-leaf mapping; scan line breaks normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0039-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0039-E001-P0091
- Original scan leaf
- 101
- Recorded leaf number
- 91
- Current Reader position
- 84
- Reader verification
- Matches the reviewed Reader
- Location review
- Original scan location confirmed against the reviewed Reader mapping; the earlier recorded number is retained above.
Source 2
The Book of the Dead
a buckle with human hands grasps the deceasedOpen this page in the book
Passage & edition details
Location recorded at citation review: Egyptian funerary religion; active reader leaf 92
Exact passage checked against active scan text and original-leaf mapping; scan line breaks normalised.
- Edition
- IMJ-0039-E001
- Reader page
- IMJ-0039-E001-P0092
- Original scan leaf
- 102
- Recorded leaf number
- 92
- Current Reader position
- 85
- Reader verification
- Matches the reviewed Reader
- Location review
- Original scan location confirmed against the reviewed Reader mapping; the earlier recorded number is retained above.