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
Number of Elements
1
Measurements
Height: 21mm | Width: 23mm | Depth: 5mm

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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: 28 Sep 2023

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