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Diorite 'Eye of Horus' Amulet
Circa Third Intermediate Period, 1070-712 BC
Description: Hard stone (diorite) example of an 'Eye of Horus' (wedjat) amulet of typical form. According to the Osiris myth, Horus offered the healed eye to his dead father and so powerful a charm was it that it restored him to life.
Width: 0.7 in. (1.8 cm)
Condition: Beautiful stone, intact as shown with small losses to the top of brow, attachment loop, and lower appendage.
Provenance: Private New England collection of an Egyptian lady who emigrated to the US in 1956.
Exhibited: Amarillo Art Center, Texas, October 9, 1974-November 3, 1974, as part of group of amulets (#21).
Reference: See Antiquities Egyptiennes, Inventaire des collections du Musee des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, #252 for a similar example in diorite.
Price: SOLD
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