Faience Wedjat-eye amulet, Third Intermediate Period, ca. 1090–900 B.C., Egyptian., Clay, glazed, H.: 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm), Gold and Silver, The Egyptian god Horus was usually depicted in human form but with the head of a falcon. His eye was taken to represent the sun, whose setting and rising symbolized loss and recovery—a fitting sign for an amulet
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Faience Wedjat-eye amulet, Third Intermediate Period, ca, 1090–900 B.C, Egyptian, Clay, glazed, H, 2 1/4, 5.7 cm, Gold, Silver, god, Horus, usually depicted, human form, head, falcon, eye, represent, sun, setting, rising symbolized, loss, recovery— fitting, sign, amulet
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