British Museum — Department of Egypt and Sudan · jewelry

amulet

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Description

Eye amulet: in the form of the wedjat-eye, facing right, in opaque turquoise-blue glass. Flat reverse, convex obverse. Pierced horizontally for suspension. On the obverse are incised diagonally crossing bands. On the obverse are roughly incised details of the eye.

Cross-references (2)

  • BM-Object Y_EA64306 tier-2
  • BM-Registration 1876,0527.8 tier-2
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