Eye of Horus amulet

Made:: 4000-30 BCE in Egypt

maker:: Ancient Egyptian people

Faience Eye of Horus amulet, right eye, Egyptian, 4000 BCE-30 BCE

Faience eye of Horus amulet, Ancient Egyptian, 4000-30 BCE. Sometimes known as the wedjat eye, this amulet had complex meanings within the Egyptian culture, including protection against the 'evil eye'. Faience is a glazed non-clay ceramic material, composed mainly of crushed quartz or sand

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Category:: Classical & Medieval Medicine

Object Number:: A76730

type:: amulets, amulets, archaeology (egyptian), folk medicine (general), amulets, archaeology (egyptian), eyes, folk medicine (general), right

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