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Amulets, beads, shells, and rings from burial in NW corner of court of Menkaure pyramid temple: 06-12-1 (uraeus = MFA 11.890), 06-12-2 (large open work udjat = MFA 11.891), 06-12-3 (udjats = MFA 11.925, MFA 11.936), 06-12-4 (three udjat plaques = MFA 11.924, MFA 11.929, MFA 11.940), 06-12-5 (small crude udjats, including MFA 11.931, MFA 11.934, MFA 11.937, MFA 11.938, MFA 11.939, MFA 11.943, MFA 11.944, MFA 11.945, MFA 11.946, MFA 11.948), 06-12-6 (two Bes amulets, left = MFA 11.892, right = MFA 11.926), 06-12-7 (two menat amulets, left = MFA 11.927, right = MFA 11.928), 06-12-8 (two split cowrie shells), 06-12-9 (faience imitation cowries = MFA 11.3119), 06-12-10 (two silver finger rings, second row: left = MFA 11.953, right = MFA 11.1006), 06-12-11 (various faience beads, some part of MFA 11.3121), -- (amulet fragment, top row 1/4 = MFA 11.930), -- (amulet fragment, fifth row 5/7 = MFA 11.933), --__ (silver hook-shaped earring, second row 2/1 = MFA 11.954)

ID: HUMFA_A232_NS
Department: Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Subjects: Object(s) photograph: Site: Giza; view: Menkaure pyramid temple
Date: June 1907
Problems/Questions: VERIFIED: "room" N (deleted from description) represents N half of GMT court; amulets match description of objects from Roman burial in NW corner of court of MPT (GMT); specific identifications based on publication pp. 12-13 (no registration records from this date); MFA accession numbers verified
Photographer: George Andrew Reisner, American, 1867–1942

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Faience udjat (eye of Horus) amulet

Faience udjat eye amulet; green glaze, incised details; good condition. [proabably 06-12-3]

ID: MFAB_11.936
Department: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Classification: Jewelry & adornment-Amulets and pendants
Findspot: Menkaure Pyramid Temple ([MPT] GMT / NW corner of court / burial)
Material: Faience
Dimensions: Height x Width: 1.2 x 0.8 cm (1/2 x 5/16 in.)
Credit Line: Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition
Object Ownership Information: MFA
Period: Greco-Roman Period, Roman Imperial
Date of Register Entry: 30 B.C. – A.D. 364
Notes: This object was excavated by the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, but was not recorded in any object register book. 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 1906. 06-12-3: publication (p. 12) lists one udjat, two appear in photo A232.
Date: 30 B.C. – A.D. 364

IIIF manifest: http://giza.fas.harvard.edu/manifests/objects-26176

1 of 1 • Amulets, beads, shells, and rings from burial in NW corner of court of Menkaure pyramid temple: 06-12-1 (uraeus = MFA 11.890), 06-12-2 (large open work udjat = MFA 11.891), 06-12-3 (udjats = MFA 11.925, MFA 11.936), 06-12-4 (three udjat plaques = MFA 11.924, MFA 11.929, MFA 11.940), 06-12-5 (small crude udjats, including MFA 11.931, MFA 11.934, MFA 11.937, MFA 11.938, MFA 11.939, MFA 11.943, MFA 11.944, MFA 11.945, MFA 11.946, MFA 11.948), 06-12-6 (two Bes amulets, left = MFA 11.892, right = MFA 11.926), 06-12-7 (two menat amulets, left = MFA 11.927, right = MFA 11.928), 06-12-8 (two split cowrie shells), 06-12-9 (faience imitation cowries = MFA 11.3119), 06-12-10 (two silver finger rings, second row: left = MFA 11.953, right = MFA 11.1006), 06-12-11 (various faience beads, some part of MFA 11.3121), __-__-__ (amulet fragment, top row 1/4 = MFA 11.930), __-__-__ (amulet fragment, fifth row 5/7 = MFA 11.933), __-__-__ (silver hook-shaped earring, second row 2/1 = MFA 11.954)

Amulets, beads, shells, and rings from burial in NW corner of court of Menkaure pyramid temple: 06-12-1 (uraeus = MFA 11.890), 06-12-2 (large open work udjat = MFA 11.891), 06-12-3 (udjats = MFA 11.925, MFA 11.936), 06-12-4 (three udjat plaques = MFA 11.924, MFA 11.929, MFA 11.940), 06-12-5 (small crude udjats, including MFA 11.931, MFA 11.934, MFA 11.937, MFA 11.938, MFA 11.939, MFA 11.943, MFA 11.944, MFA 11.945, MFA 11.946, MFA 11.948), 06-12-6 (two Bes amulets, left = MFA 11.892, right = MFA 11.926), 06-12-7 (two menat amulets, left = MFA 11.927, right = MFA 11.928), 06-12-8 (two split cowrie shells), 06-12-9 (faience imitation cowries = MFA 11.3119), 06-12-10 (two silver finger rings, second row: left = MFA 11.953, right = MFA 11.1006), 06-12-11 (various faience beads, some part of MFA 11.3121), __-__-__ (amulet fragment, top row 1/4 = MFA 11.930), __-__-__ (amulet fragment, fifth row 5/7 = MFA 11.933), __-__-__ (silver hook-shaped earring, second row 2/1 = MFA 11.954)

Faience udjat (eye of Horus) amulet

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