The following are the principal amulets mentioned in funerary texts or found in tombs with, or on, the bodies of the dead: The =scarab=, or =beetle=, _kheprer_ 𓆣𓂋𓐰𓂋𓅬, was the symbol of the god Kheperȧ, and represented generation, new life, virility, and resurrection. The =Heart=, _ȧb_ 𓄣, symbol of the seat of life in the bodies of gods, animals, and men, and emblem of the conscience; it brought to the wearer the protection of both Osiris and Rā. The heart was associated with the scarab, and the same _ḥekau_, or words of power, were written on both. The importance of this amulet is shown by the fact that in the Book of the Dead six chapters are devoted to formulas for the protection of the heart. The =Girdle of Isis=, _thet_ 𓎬, assured the wearer of the divine protection of the holy blood of the goddess. The =Ṭeṭ= 𓊽, a fetish, the original significance of which is unknown. In later times it symbolized the tree trunk in which the body of Osiris was hidden by Isis, and also the upright, consolidated back-bone of the god. Its general meaning is stability. The =Pillow= 𓊫 typified the raising up and preservation of the head. The =Vulture= 𓅐 brought with it the protection of the great “Mother” Isis. The =Collar= 𔆈 gave strength and power to the breast, heart, and lungs, and symbolized the dominion of the wearer over all Egypt. The =Papyrus Sceptre= 𓇅 represented the strength, vigour, and virility of youth, and abundance of every kind. The =human-headed Hawk= 𓳕 ensured to the deceased the power of uniting his body, soul and spirit at will. The =Ladder= [glyph not in unicode] symbolized the ladder by which Osiris ascended from the earth to heaven. Models of this were buried with the dead in the tombs, and when the deceased needed a ladder he uttered the Chapter of the Ladder, and the model ladder became as long as he wanted. The =Two Fingers= [glyph not in unicode] index and medius, represent the fingers which Horus used when he helped his father Osiris up the ladder which reached from earth to heaven. The =Utchat= 𓂀 typified the strength and power of the Eye of Horus, or Rā, _i.e._, the Sun-god, the two eyes 𓂀𓑀𓂀 gave to the wearer the strength and protection both of the Sun and Moon. The =Ānkh= 𓋹, or symbol of “life.” What object this amulet represented is unknown. The =Nefer= 𓄤, or lute, signified “happiness, good luck,” etc. The =Serpent’s Head= 𓵊 protected its wearer when alive against snake bite, and when dead against the attacks of worms and serpents in the tomb. The =Menȧt= 𓋧 represented nutrition, and the union of the male and female powers of nature, generation, etc. The =Sma= 𓄥 symbolized animal pleasure. The =Shen= 𓍶 was the emblem of the orbit of the sun in heaven. King Besh, of the IInd dynasty, wrote his name within this circle, which in an elongated form 𓍷 became the cartouche of the later kings. The _shen_ was the symbol of the eternal protection of the name by Rā.