Carnelian Ring with Wedjat Eye and Nefer Sign

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Carnelian Ring with Wedjat Eye and Nefer Sign

Place of OriginEgypt, from Akhetaten (modern Amarna)

DateNew Kingdom, Dynasty 18, about 1350 BCE

Dimensions5/8 in. (1.6 cm)

MediumCarnelian

ClassificationUtilitarian Objects

Credit LineGift of the Egyptian Exploration Society

Object number

1925.720

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Label TextThis carnelian ring, discovered at Akhenaten and Nefertiti's capital of Amarna, is inscribed with two key symbols: a wedjat eye (Eye of Horus) flanking a nefer-sign. In Egyptian mythology, the wedjat eye, depicted as a fusion of a human and falcon eye, represents the restored eye of the falcon god Horus. After Horus’s eye was injured by the god Seth, it was restored by the god Thoth, making it a symbol of healing.Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, The Egypt Experience: Secrets of the Tomb, October 29, 2010-January 8, 2012.