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Eye of Horus (wedjat) amulets
Eye of Horus (wedjat) amulets

Eye of Horus (wedjat) amulets

570–526 B.C.
FindspotGiza, Egypt
Medium/TechniqueCarnelian, mottled stone, steatite, hematite
DimensionsOverall: 1.7 cm (11/16 in.)
Credit LineHarvard University—Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Accession number29.2652
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceFrom Giza, G 7757 A, (tomb of Kheperre) Room 5. 1929 : excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt.
String of beads
100 B.C.–A.D. 300
Scarab
664–332 B.C.
String of beads
305–30 B.C.
Beads
760–332 B.C.
String of beads and amulets
760–332 B.C. (?)
Beaded belt
270 B.C.–A.D. 320