amulet
- Description
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Wedjat-eye amulet in glazed composition. Description from Boston records: 'Brilliant pale blue glaze, good preservation. Plain and flat on one side; on the other pupil and brow in dark purple in relief. Longitudinal hole'.
- Production date
- 6thC BC (?)
- Dimensions
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Height: 0.60 centimetres
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Length: 0.80 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- In addition to scarabs which were mass-produced especially for export, wedjat eyes, mainly in glazed composition but also in hard stone and Egyptian blue, form the main type of amulets found at Naukratis. Amulet with universal power of protection (Germond 2005, 25), the wedjat eye, simple or multiple, is one of the most common amulet on settlements of the Late Period (Masson forthcoming).
Considering its context of discovery, it should be dated to the 26th dynasty. However, the registers of the Museum of Fine Arts tend to allocate the Scarab Factory as a findspot for not only scarabs, scaraboids and their moulds, but also all types of amulets from Naukratis. Caution is therefore required for the dating and the findspot. Let's note that the records written (or at least supervised by) Amelia Edwards mention the Scarab Factory as the findspot too.
Germond, P. 2005, Le monde symbolique des amulettes égyptiennes de la collection Jacques-Édouard Berger, Milan.
Masson, A. forthcoming, Le quartier des prêtres sur la rive est du Lac Sacré à Karnak.
- Location
- Not on display
- Department
- External
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: P.5216 (Pottery & Porcelain Ledger No.)
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Miscellaneous number: RES.86.281 (Accession Number)
