Genesis 38:18

Thy signet, and thy bracelets. Judah’s “signet” was probably a cylinder seal, carried about his neck by a cord, translated in the KJV as “bracelets.” Rather, the passage should read, “your signet and your cord” (RSV). As literature of the time makes clear, the seal was an object of considerable value, since no business could be transacted without it. The staff may have been ornamented, as became the son of a wealthy cattleman. Asiatic staffs with human heads carved in the handles are mentioned in the list of spoils taken by the Egyptian king Thutmose III in the 15th century B.C., and were also found in the tomb of Tutankhamen, of the 14th century B.C.