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Wedjat Eye Amulet ("Eye of Horus")

Place of OriginEgypt
Date26th Dynasty (664–525 BCE)
Dimensions2 3/4 × 2 1/4 × 3/8 in. (7 × 5.7 × 1 cm)
MediumEgyptian faience.
ClassificationJewelry
Credit LineGift of Florence Scott Libbey
Object number
1925.563
On View
Toledo Museum of Art (2445 Monroe Street), Gallery, 02, Classic
Label TextThe wedjat represents the eye of Horus, here taking the form of an amulet—a protective charm. In a battle with his brother Seth, the god of chaos and confusion, Horus lost his left eye. When the goddess Hathor healed it, Horus used the wedjat to resurrect his father Osiris, who had been murdered by Seth. This explains why Egyptians so often attached wedjat amulets to mummies. The wedjat came to symbolize the process of “making whole.”Published References

Peck, William H., Sandra E. Knudsen and Paula Reich,Egypt in Toledo: The Ancient Egyptian Collection at the Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Toledo Museum of Art, 2011, p. 78, repr. (col.) p. 79.

Exhibition History

Toledo Museum of Art, The Egypt Experience: Secrets of the Tomb, 2010-2012.

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19th–20th Dynasties (1292–1077 BCE)
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