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Carnelian udjat (eye of Horus) amulet

Carnelian udjat (eye of Horus) amulet. Illustration: yes. Photograph: yes. Photograph scale: 3:5.

Details

  • ID
    EMC_JE_56945
  • Department
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Classification
    Jewelry & adornment-Amulets and pendants
  • Findspot
    G 7757 A, siftings from room X
  • Material
    Carnelian
  • Dimensions
    L 1 cm
  • Credit Line
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts excavation number
    HUMFA_29-12-77
  • Cairo Special Register number
    EMC_SR_7/5152
  • Excavator
    George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942
  • Object owned by
    Egyptian Museum, Cairo
  • Notes
    From excavations of George Reisner, 1929. One carnelian udjat, one green stone (feldspar?) udjat, and one fragment of a green stone (feldspar?) udjat registered as HUMFA_29-12-77.
  • Remarks
    RELATED CONSTITUENT(S): George Reisner; RELATED SITE(S): G 7757; RELATED MEDIA: EMC_JE_XII_Sp029LR; MFAB_Vol.23.p.987; MFAB_B7638_NS; ALTERNATE NUMBER(S): HUMFA_29-12-77

Tombs and Monuments 1

  • G 7757

    • Site Name Eastern Cemetery

People 1

Modern People

  • George Andrew Reisner

    • Type Excavator
    • Nationality & Dates American, 1867–1942
    • Remarks Egyptologist, archaeologist; Referred to as "the doctor" and "mudir" (Arabic for "director") in the excavation records. Nationality and life dates from Who was Who in Egyptology.

Institutions 1