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Faience udjat (eye of Horus) amulet

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1 of 2 • Amulets, beads, and shells from Menkaure pyramid temple, room J2 (= sloping corridor 28): 07-2-135 (= MFA 11.1102, Pataikos), 07-2-136 (= MFA 11.1104, upper half of Sekhmet amulet), 07-2-137 (three Bes amulets, left = MFA 11.1105, middle = MFA 11.1106, right = MFA 11.1108), 07-2-138 (= MFA 11.1110, cat amulet), 07-2-139 (= MFA 11.1103, openwork pendant), 07-2-140 (four crudely made udjat amulets, MFA 11.1114, MFA 11.1115, MFA 11.1117, MFA 11.1119), 07-2-141 (= MFA 11.1111, udjat/wadj plaque), 07-2-142 (= MFA 11.1109, menat amulet), 07-2-143 (= MFA 11.1113, double lion amulet), 07-2-144 (= MFA 11.1116, carnelian fruit pendant), 07-4-145 (five faience imitation split cowrie shell beads, MFA 11.1051), 07-2-146 (three shell imitation split cowrie shell beads, MFA 11.993)
Amulets, beads, and shells from Menkaure pyramid temple, room J2 (= sloping corridor 28): 07-2-135 (= MFA 11.1102, Pataikos), 07-2-136 (= MFA 11.1104, upper half of Sekhmet amulet), 07-2-137 (three Bes amulets, left = MFA 11.1105, middle = MFA 11.1106, right = MFA 11.1108), 07-2-138 (= MFA 11.1110, cat amulet), 07-2-139 (= MFA 11.1103, openwork pendant), 07-2-140 (four crudely made udjat amulets, MFA 11.1114, MFA 11.1115, MFA 11.1117, MFA 11.1119), 07-2-141 (= MFA 11.1111, udjat/wadj plaque), 07-2-142 (= MFA 11.1109, menat amulet), 07-2-143 (= MFA 11.1113, double lion amulet), 07-2-144 (= MFA 11.1116, carnelian fruit pendant), 07-4-145 (five faience imitation split cowrie shell beads, MFA 11.1051), 07-2-146 (three shell imitation split cowrie shell beads, MFA 11.993)
Amulets and shells from Menkaure pyramid temple, room J2 (= sloping corridor 28): 07-2-135 (= MFA 11.1102, Pataikos), 07-2-136 (= MFA 11.1104, upper half of Sekhmet amulet), 07-2-137 (three Bes amulets, left = MFA 11.1106, middle = MFA 11.1105, right = MFA 11.1108), 07-2-138 (= MFA 11.1110, cat amulet), 07-2-139 (= MFA 11.1103, openwork pendant), 07-2-140 (four crudely made udjat amulets, MFA 11.1114, MFA 11.1115, MFA 11.1117, MFA 11.1119), 07-2-141 (= MFA 11.1111, udjat/wadj plaque), 07-2-142 (= MFA 11.1109, menat amulet), 07-2-143 (= MFA 11.1113, double lion amulet), 07-2-144 (= MFA 11.1116, carnelian fruit pendant), 07-4-145 (five faience imitation split cowrie shell beads, only two shown here, MFA 11.1051), 07-2-146 (three shell imitation split cowrie shell beads, only two shown here, MFA 11.993)

Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure pyramid temple

Faience udjat eye amulet, rectangular plaque; light blue glaze, udjat eye on one side, wadj (papyrus column) on other, hole lengthwise; good condition. [07-2-141]

Details

  • ID
    MFAB_11.1111
  • Department
    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  • Classification
    Jewelry & adornment-Amulets and pendants
  • Findspot
    Menkaure Pyramid Temple ([MPT] GMT / room J2 = sloping corridor 28)
  • Material
    Faience
  • Dimensions
    Height x Width: 1 x 0.8 cm (3/8 x 5/16 in.)
  • Credit Line
    Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
  • Object Ownership Information
    MFA
  • Period
    Greco-Roman Period
  • Notes
    This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. 1907: Excavated by the Harvard University–Museum of Fine Arts Expedition; 1911: assigned to the MFA in the division of finds by the government of Egypt. (Accession date: March 2, 1911)
  • Remarks
    Registration number obtained from publication; no registration records available for 1907.

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Full Bibliography

  • Reisner, George A. Mycerinus: The Temples of the Third Pyramid at Giza. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1931, p. 21.