Wadjet eye ring
- Accession Number
- EC3010a
- Current Location
- House of Life (first floor), Amarna case
- Object Type
- Jewellery, Finger ring, Bezel
- Classification
- Petrie type 176
- Period
- New Kingdom
- Dynasty
- Eighteenth Dynasty
- Amenhotep IV/Akhenaten to Tutankhamun
- Material
- Faience
- Provenance
- Egypt, Amarna
- Measurements
- Height: 21mm | Width: 10mm | Depth: 9mm
- Number of Elements
- 1
- Culture
- Egyptian
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Licensing details
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- Description
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A fragment of a blue faience open work wadjet eye ring. The Wadjet eye or 'Eye of Horus' was worn in life as well as being placed on mummies, and is considered a symbol of healing. Egyptian religion told a story of how Seth took out Horus's eye and how it was restored and healed by Hathor/Thoth.
- Bibliography
-
Petrie, W. F. 1894. Tell el Amarna. London: Mathuen & Co, [Pl. XVI, 176].
- Acquisition
- Unknown
- Last modified: 27 Jul 2022
