Imiut fetish

The Imiut fetish (jmy-wt)[1] is a religious object that has been documented throughout the history of ancient Egypt.

This fetish was tied by the tail to a pole, terminating in a lotus bud and inserted into a stand.

[2] In the First Dynasty, the fetish appears on seals and labels during the reigns of kings Hor-Aha, Djer, Djet, and Den, where the jmy-wt is associated with ritual killings of prisoners.

[3] There are depictions of the imiut fetish on ancient Egyptian temples, and sometimes there were models of it included with the funerary equipment, most notably the two found in the burial chamber of Tutankhamun by Howard Carter.

Logan suggests that the jmy.wt has its origin as a standard associated with kingship and transition, a pole upon which the intestines of a ritual animal sacrifice were hung.