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Eye of Horus (wedjat) amulet
Eye of Horus (wedjat) amulet

Eye of Horus (wedjat) amulet

FindspotNaukratis, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueStone
DimensionsOther: 3.1 x 2.1 cm (1 1/4 x 13/16 in.)
Credit LineEgypt Exploration Fund by subscription
Accession number86.187
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Naukratis. 1885: excavated by William Matthew Flinders Petrie for the Egypt Exploration Fund, assigned to the EEF by the Egyptian government; October 28, 1885: voted to the MFA at EEF general meeting; sent over February 1886. (Accession Date: January 1, 1886)
Beads
2400–1550 B.C.
Amulet of Pataikos
6th–4th century B.C.
Amulet
380–332 B.C.
Beads
late 1st century B.C.–3rd century A.D.
String of beads
305–30 B.C.