amulet

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Object Type
Museum number: EA7845
Description: Glazed composition quadruple 'wedjat'-eye amulet: this openwork multiple 'wedjat' eye amulet is made from green glazed composition with black glaze for the pupils and eyebrows; the back is flat and undetailed. Its design comprises four 'wedjats', two at the top and two at the bottom, in mirror image and separated by two horizontal papyrus columns, head to head, pierced from end to end, so the amulet could be worn. The papyrus was a symbol of regeneration. Each 'wedjat' resembles a human eye and eyebrow but beneath is the drop and curl, which are the distinguishing markings of the lanner falcon's eye.
Cultures/periods
Production date: 900BC-700BC
Findspot: Found/Acquired: Egypt
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 4 centimetres; Length: 4.80 centimetres
Curator's comments: Bibliography: 'Egyptian Treasures' [exhibition catalogue] (Shanghai, 1999), 118-119 No 34. G. Pinch, Magic in Ancient Egypt (London 1994), fig.56.
Bibliographic references
Location: Not on display
Condition: good
Subjects
Acquisition name: Purchased from: Henry Salt; Purchased through: Sotheby's
Acquisition date: 1835
Department: Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number: EA7845
Registration number: .7845
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: BS.7845 (Birch Slip Number)

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