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 viewClassificationsJewelry / 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)2400–1550 B.C.
30 B.C.–A.D 364
2061–1784 B.C.
6th–4th century B.C.
1295–1186 B.C.
380–332 B.C.
late 1st century B.C.–3rd century A.D.
305–30 B.C.