Bracelet with knots and wedjat eye, Third Intermediate Period, late Dynasty 21, ca. 1000–945 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb of Henettawy F, 1923–24, Linen, faience, Diam. ca. 4 cm (1 9/16 in.), Found around the right wrist of the mummy, this double strand of two-ply linen, knotted at intervals, was strung with a single wedjat eye of blue faience. A representation of the healed eye of the falcon-god Horus, this was a powerful symbol of protection and regeneration
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Bracelet, knots, wedjat eye, Third Intermediate Period, late Dynasty 21, ca, 1000–945 B.C, Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb, Henettawy F, 1923–24, Linen, faience, Diam, 4 cm, 1 9/16, right wrist, mummy, double strand, two-ply linen, knotted, intervals, strung, single wedjat, blue faience, representation, healed, falcon-god Horus, powerful symbol, protection, regeneration
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