Faience udjat (eye of Horus) amulet
Faience udjat eye amulet; blue-green glaze, crude work; good condition. [06-12-5]
Details
- ID
- MFAB_11.945
- Alternate IDs
- 11.945; MFAB_11.945
- Department
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Classification
- Jewelry & adornment-Amulets and pendants
- Period
- Greco-Roman Period, Roman Imperial
- Entry Date
- 30 B.C. – A.D. 364
- Title
- Faience udjat (eye of Horus) amulet
- Medium
- Faience
- Dimensions
- Height x Width: 0.9 x 0.7 cm (3/8 x 1/4 in.)
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- Menkaure Pyramid Temple ([MPT] GMT / NW corner of court / burial)
- Bibliography
- Reisner, George A. Mycerinus: The Temples of the Third Pyramid at Giza. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1931, p. 12.
- Notes
- This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. Excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1911: assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt. (Accession date: March 2, 1911)
- Remarks
- Registration number obtained from publication; no registration records available for 1906. 06-12-5: publication (p. 12) lists nine crude udjats, ten appear in photo A232.