Eye of Horus (wedjat) amulet
about 750–270 B.C.
FindspotNuri, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueObsidian (?)
DimensionsOverall: 0.9 x 1.1 cm (3/8 x 7/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number20.677
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Nuri, Pyramid LIX. Feb. 1918: Excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA by the government of Sudan.
760–343 B.C.
1991–1295 B.C.
664–525 B.C.
664–525 B.C
664–525 B.C.