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LOT 0436
Egyptian Diorite Eye of Horus Amulet
LATE PERIOD-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C.
1 in. (7.08 grams, 26 mm).
Carved wedjat amulet with angled suspension hole. [No Reserve]
Provenance
Ex M.S. Ciappara collection, Norfolk, UK, 1939-1950.
Literature
Cf. Tinius, I., Altägypten in Braunschweig. Die Sammlungen des Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museums und des Städtischen Museums, Wiesbaden, 2011, p.161, no. 305, for similar.
Footnotes
The wedjat-eye amulet represents the healed eye of the god Horus, featuring both human and falcon elements. The name wedjat in ancient Egyptian means ‘the one that is sound.’ According to Egyptian mythology, Horus' eye was wounded or taken by the god Seth and restored by Thoth. The wedjat-eye amulet was thought to protect its wearer and bestow the power of recovery and regeneration onto them. It was very popular and used by both the living and the dead.
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