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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 with a black painted dot to mark the iris located on the top half of the piece. Traces of red pigments at each corner and perhaps on iris (on top of black pigment). Black outline is painted along the edge. Brown and black stains on both sides. Object is fairly complete but now consists in three fragments. The front is convex,… View more about description

Cross-references (2)

  • BM-Object Y_EA90806 tier-2
  • BM-Registration OC.90806 tier-2
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