Quadruple eye amulet


Accession Number
AB1
Current Location
House of Death (ground floor), Amulets case
Object Type
Jewellery, Amulet
Period
Third Intermediate Period
Material
Faience
Provenance
Egypt, Abydos
Measurements
Height: 21mm | Width: 23mm | Depth: 5mm
Number of Elements
1

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Description

A quadruple eye showing the degradation of the design over time. It is probably from Abydos. The object was gifted to the University of Wales, Aberystwyth by John Bancroft Willans, a subscriber of the Egypt Exploration Fund/Society, who received the object in 1903, and was then subsequently gifted to the Egypt Centre in 1997.

Bibliography

Andrews, Carol 1994. Amulets of ancient Egypt. London: The British Museum Press. [p. 44] Herrmann, Christian and Thomas Staubli (eds) 2010. 1001 Amulett: altägyptischer Zauber, monotheisierte Talismane, säkulare Magie. Freiburg (Schweiz): BIBEL+ORIENT Museum.

Last modified: 17 Sep 2022
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