
Information
Flat backed Wedjat Eye of Horus amulet made from from light blue glass. Pierced longitudinally for suspension. Chipped in places and brown discolouration on the back. Date rather uncertain: New Kingdom, Late Period or Ptolemaic.
Specifications
- Accession number
- M11558b
- Collection type
- Religion
- Culture
- Late Period (Saite)
- Place made
- Africa: Northern Africa: Egypt
- Date made
- 664 BC – 525 BC
- Collector
- Joseph Mayer
- Place collected
- Africa: Northern Africa: Egypt
- Date collected
- 1867 before
- Materials
- Glass
- Measurements
- Overall: 16 mm x 15 mm x 4 mm
- Credit line
- Gift of Joseph Mayer
- Legal status
- Permanent collection
- Provenance
- Joseph Mayer, Donor, Purchased, Donation, Owned until: 1867
- Location
- Item not currently on display
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