Udjat-eye amulet from grey-brown faience
The amulet of the eye comes from a green faience with a roaring hole. The amulet is made in the shape of Ra's or Horus's eye. The eye was made amorphous. The details are not clear and are placed in a circle.
Amulets of this type were made in all periods of Egyptian history. According to the beliefs of the ancient Egyptian, who wears the belly (the waist, the wavy, the wadjet) has received the power and protective powers of the sun and the moon, the two key elements of Egyptian mythology. They also had healing properties. According to one version of the emergence of the world, people were born out of the tear of God Ra.
Around the nose was wrapped around the neck as a protective-magic symbol and placed in the body during the mummification process. It is made of light green faience.
It's well preserved.
Amulets of this type were made in all periods of Egyptian history. According to the beliefs of the ancient Egyptian, who wears the belly (the waist, the wavy, the wadjet) has received the power and protective powers of the sun and the moon, the two key elements of Egyptian mythology. They also had healing properties. According to one version of the emergence of the world, people were born out of the tear of God Ra.
Around the nose was wrapped around the neck as a protective-magic symbol and placed in the body during the mummification process. It is made of light green faience.
It's well preserved.
Catalogue entry
Udjat-eye amulet from grey-brown faience
Archaeological Museum of Istria, Pula
Inv. no. AMIP P-30341
Egypt, unknown site
Late period (664-332 B.C.) - Ptolemaic period (306-30 B.C.)
faience: ceramic processing, colouring
1.15 x 1.4 x 0.5 cm
gift, unknown Austrian donor
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