Wedjat Eye Amulet ("Eye of Horus")

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Wedjat Eye Amulet ("Eye of Horus")

Place of OriginEgypt, Akhetaten (modern Tell el-Amarna)

Date18th-20th Dynasties, possibly later (1558-1085 BCE)

Dimensions9/16 in. (1.4 cm)

Mediumpottery

ClassificationJewelry

Credit LineGift of the Egypt Exploration Society

Object number

1925.706

Not on View

Label TextThis small amulet was excavated in 1922 by the Egypt Exploration Society at Akhetaten (modern Amarna), the capital city founded by Pharaoh Akhenaten. Shaped as a wedjat eye—also known as the Eye of Horus—it was used in life or burial to provide protection and healing. The piece was distributed to the Toledo Museum of Art that year through the EES’s formal division of finds.

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Wedjat Eye Amulet ("Eye of Horus")

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26th Dynasty (664–525 BCE)

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18th Dynasty (1550-1292 BCE)

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about 1750

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probably Late 19th century

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Maria Martinez

1926-1943

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