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British Museum — Department of Egypt and Sudan · jewelry

amulet (artificial eye)

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Description

Semi circular artificial eye in stone. Only fainted traces of black pigments, including outline is painted along the edge. Whole surface is heavily stained. Object is fairly complete (only tip of an edge is missing) but now consists in three fragments. The front is convex, while the base is flat. The eye would have originally been placed on the orbit of a mummified individual.

Cross-references (2)

  • BM-Object Y_EA90807 tier-2
  • BM-Registration OC.90807 tier-2
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