Menit amulet 664-30 B.C. Late Period-Ptolemaic Period The menat is a term for the counterweight of a menat necklace, a heavy set of beads with counterweight sacred to great female goddesses in particular who were appeased by the sound of the shaken beads. The counterweight served as a symbol of the whole elaborate necklace. The menat remained an important magical amulet throughout Egyptian history, serving to propititate the great goddesses and evoke their powerful protection.. Menit amulet. 664-30 B.C.. Blue faience. Late Period-Ptolemaic Period. From Egypt