Eye of Horus (wedjat) amulet
1550–1070 B.C.
FindspotSemna, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium/TechniqueFaience, ivory, glass paste
DimensionsHeight x width: 2.6 x 3.6 cm (1 1/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number27.884
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Semna, River Street. January 25, 1924: excavated by the Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1927: assigned to the MFA by the government of the Sudan.
(Accession Date: January 25, 1924)
(Accession Date: January 25, 1924)
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
315–170 B.C.
2040–1640 B.C.
A.D. 62–85
760–332 B.C.
40 B.C.–A.D. 40
30–A.D. 40