Wedjat (eye of Horus) healing amulet
Date1550-30 BCE
PeriodLate Bronze Age (Egyptian New Kingdom) to early Roman (Egyptian Late Period
CultureEgyptian
MediumGlass (molded)
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN28.1499
On View
Not on viewHeight: (7/16 in.) 1.18 cm
Width: (5/8 in.) 1.62 cm
Thickness: (3/16 in.) 0.4 cm
Piercing
Diameter (edge of eyeball): (1/16 in.) 0.22 – 0.23 cm
Diameter (edge of eyebrow): (1/8 in.) 0.26 – 0.27 cm
Medium Details
Color
Glass: not in Munsell
Inclusions
n/a
1st–4th century CE
1st-4th century CE
mid-3rd–early 4th century CE
4th-5th Century
