Mould for an amulet of a wadjet eye


Accession Number
EC666
Current Location
In storage
Object Type
Implements and utensils, Mould, Amulet mould
Material
Pottery
Number of Elements
1

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Description

Pottery mould for wadjet eye amulet. Mould lacks provision for amulet threading hole, lacks outer boundary line of usual ring bezel, intended for inlay piece?

Other Identity
212876 (W)
Auction
J. C. Stevens. Auction and Sale Rooms: 29–30 Jul 1930, Lot 497
Auction Details
Framed cloth from a mummy, unrolled at the College of Surgeons in 1834; part of an inscribed sistrum, 16 moulds for amulets, copper axe head, and a number of other antiquities, all from Egypt.
Acquisition
Long-term loan, The Wellcome Trust (15 Feb 1971)
Last modified: 09 Dec 2021
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