Mandrake shaped pendant yellow and blue. From Amarna. See Kate Bosse Griffiths 1983 The fruit of the mandrake in 'Fontes et Pontes p 62-74 (Republished in 'Amarna Studies' ed JG Griffiths 2001). The mandrake appears to have had erotic connotations. For more information see Lise Manniche 1999. 'Sacred Luxuries-Fragrance, Aromatherapy and Cosmetics In Ancient Egypt' London, Opus Publishing. p100-103. There is an example plus further references in Giddy, L. 1999. 'Kom Rabi'a. the New Kingdom and Post-New Kingdom Objects' p86. 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.
