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Wedjat Eye Amulet Late Middle KingdomLisht North

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Description

Amulet, Wedjat eye. Late Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 12, late - 13 up to 1700, ca. 1850–1700 B.C. Carnelian. l. 1.5 cm (9/16 in). From: cemetery south of pyramid below House A1:2, Pit 884, Lisht North, Memphite Region, Egypt. Excavation: MMA excavations, 1920–21. Credit: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922.

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

A machine reading of the photograph made Jul 2026: deities, names, signs and a description as the model saw them. Not curatorial; treat it as the model's best reading, not authority.

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 AI reading of the photograph

Visible text (machine reading)

Illegible red/blue markings on left-side fragment; no readable inscription text available.

Connections

Found at Lisht
Materials Stone

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116280651 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 22.1.128 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 546821 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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