Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · jewelry

Fragmentary Wadjet-eye Amulet

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Description

Caption: Fragmentary Wadjet-eye Amulet, ca. 838–712 B.C.E.. Faience, 1 3/8 x 1/4 x 1 1/4 in. (3.5 x 0.7 x 3.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1163E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

A small fragment of a faience amulet shaped like an eye resembling the Egyptian Wadjet/“eye of Horus” form, with one side of the outline preserved.

The image shows a small green-blue faience fragment depicting a stylized eye motif. The upper eyelid and brows are indicated by raised ridges, and the central pupil area is a circular recess with dark fill. Below the eye, a beaded/teardrop-like shaping and curved lower lid are partially preserved. Overall the piece is broken/fragmentary at the right and lower edges, with visible surface wear and small chips. No legible hieroglyphic text, cartouches, or other inscriptions are visible on the fragment itself. The background is a textured dark surface. A separate modern museum label with handwritten numerals/characters is visible beneath the object.

decorative Third Intermediate Period (per catalogue; specific stylistic markers not clearly readable from this fragmentary image) fragmentary
Deities WadjetHorus (associated with eye amulet motifs, unspecified)
Materials Faience (green-blue glaze)
Signs Wadjet/Eye amulet motif (stylized protective eye)

Connections

Deities Wadjet
Materials Faience

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.1163E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 117736 tier-2
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