Fragment of faience udjat (eye of Horus) amulet (?)
Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: street G 7000, avenue G 1, G I-a boat pit, street G 7200
Fragment of faience amulet, perhaps of four sacred [udjat] eye emblems (?); faded green glaze, one side only inscribed.
Illustration: Yes.
Illustration scale: 1:1
Details
- ID
- HUMFA_24-11-537
- Alternate IDs
- HUMFA_24-11-537; 24-11-537
- Department
- Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Classification
- Jewelry & adornment-Amulets and pendants
- Period
- Late Period
- Entry Date
- 11/14/1924
- Title
- Fragment of faience udjat (eye of Horus) amulet (?)
- Medium
- Faience
- Dimensions
- Width: 1.7 cm Length: 1.35+ cm Thickness: .425 cm
- Credit Line
- Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
- Provenance
- [Avenue G 1], N of subsidiary pyramid G I-b
- Problems/Questions
- MFA accession number verified