Eye of Horus (Wedjat) Amulet

Arts of Africa

New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III (about 1390–1352 BCE)

Egyptian

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Department: Arts of Africa

Culture: Ancient Egyptian
Title: Eye of Horus (Wedjat) Amulet
Place: Egypt (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1390 BCE–1352 BCE
Medium: Faience
Inscriptions: Reverse: Neb-Maat-Re (Amenhotep III)
Dimensions: 1.1 × 1.6 × 0.5 cm (7/16 × 11/16 × 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Charles L. Hutchinson
Reference Number: 1894.1917
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Thomas George Allen, A Handbook of the Egyptian Collection (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1923), p. 153.

Reverend Chauncey Murch (1859-1907), Luxor, Egypt; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1894; price reimbursed by Henry H. Getty and Charles L. Hutchinson, 1894.

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