Bracelet with Isis and Renenutet

Bracelet, Probably 1st century BCE - 1st century A.D.
Egyptian
Gold
Accession # 23.2.1
Rogers Fund, 1923

(From info card)
"Powerful talismans of fertility and good destiny are woven into this rich golden composition. The bodies of two snakes intertwine to form a Herakles knot, the centerpiece of this bracelet. The snake on the left represents Agathodaimon, and the cobra on the right Terenouthis, two agrarian/fertility deities associated with Serapis and Isis, respectively. On the platform between them stand two goddesses, Isis-Tyche (or Isis-Fortuna), a deity closely associated with Alexandria, and the nude Aphrodite."

Isis-Fortuna @ Getty Museum

(In earlier times, Terenouthis was known as Renenutet, goddess of grain and harvests. For more information on Egyptian snake deities, see my paper on "Egyptian Serpent Power".)