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Description: | Known as eye of Horus or wedjat eye. Pendant in the form of an eye - top central loop. Turquoise glass (faience) with black, white, orange-pink decoration. An amulet is a small charm meant to bring its bearer good luck and protection. Ancient Egyptian examples appear in many forms, from a missing body part to an animal or god. Harageh was excavated in the winter of 1913-1914 by R Engelbach and B Gunn, contemporaries of Petrie who was excavating the nearby site of Lahun at the time.
The cemeteries at Harageh have a range of dates. The earliest are predynastic (before 3100 BC) and then the place is used again as a cemetery from the late Old Kingdom c.2300 BC through to the New Kingdom ending in c.1069. Later during the Coptic phase it was used again.
The registry file includes correspondence from Petrie about a donation from the British School of Archaeology which included this object.
Accession number: NCM 1914-57 | Subjects: | animals anatomy EGYPTIAN religion? | Temporal: | 950BC-766BC | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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