Carnelian Ring with Wedjat Eye and Nefer Sign
Carnelian Ring with Wedjat Eye and Nefer Sign
Place of OriginEgypt, Akhetaten (modern Tell el-Amarna)
Date18th Dynasty (1550-1292 BCE), about 1350 BCE
Dimensions5/8 in. (1.6 cm)
MediumCarnelian
ClassificationJewelry
Credit LineGift of the Egypt Exploration Society
Object number
1925.720
Not on View
DescriptionExcavator's number 654
Label TextThis carnelian ring was excavated in 1923–1924 at Amarna by the Egypt Exploration Society and distributed to the Toledo Museum of Art through the official division of finds. The bezel is carved with a wedjat eye flanking a nefer-sign. The wedjat, or Eye of Horus, was a powerful symbol of restoration, while the nefer-sign expressed beauty and goodness. Rings with such motifs were common personal amulets in the later 18th Dynasty.Exhibition HistoryToledo Museum of Art, The Egypt Experience: Secrets of the Tomb, October 29, 2010-January 8, 2012.
18th Dynasty (1550-1292 BCE), about 1350 BCE
19th-20th century
26th Dynasty (664–525 BCE)
18th-20th Dynasties, possibly later (1558-1085 BCE)
18th–19th Dynasties (1550–1189 BCE)
19th–30th Dynasties (1292–343 BCE)
19th–30th Dynasties (1292–343 BCE)
25th–31st Dynasties (747–332 BCE)
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