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amulet
Object Type
amulet
Museum number
EA8032
Description
Eye amulet: a wedjat-eye in opaque red glass. Obverse and reverse flat and without detail. Above is a striated ring for suspension; it is not pierced.
Cultures/periods
Ptolemaic
Findspot
Found/Acquired:
Egypt
Materials
glass
Dimensions
Length:
1.61 centimetres
Thickness:
0.39 centimetres
Width:
1.60 centimetres
Bibliographic references
Cooney 1976 / Glass
(1872)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
eye of horus
Associated names
Emblem of:
Horus
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Henry Salt
Purchased through:
Sotheby's
Acquisition date
1835
Department
Egypt and Sudan
BM/Big number
EA8032
Registration number
.8032
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
BS.8032
(Birch Slip Number)