Carnelian Ring with Wedjat Eye and Nefer Sign
Carnelian Ring with Wedjat Eye and Nefer Sign
Place of OriginEgypt, Akhetaten (Amarna)
DateNew Kingdom, Dynasty 18, about 1350 BCE
Dimensions5/8 in. (1.6 cm)
MediumCarnelian
ClassificationJewelry
Credit LineGift of the Egyptian Exploration Society
Object number
1925.720
Not on View
DescriptionExcavator's number 654
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.
Dynasty 18
19th-20th century
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18-20 or later
Late Period, Dynasty 26, about 664-525 BCE
19th-30th Dynasties (1295-343 BCE)
19th-30th Dynasties (1295-343 BCE)
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18-20
18th or 19th Dynasty
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