Udjat Eye

Place CreatedEgypt, Africa

CultureEgyptian

PeriodLate Period - Ptolemaic Period

Date722-30 BCE

MediumFaience

Credit LineGift of the Georges Ricard Foundation

Dimensions7/8 x 1 1/8 x 1/4 in., 5 g (2.2 x 2.8 x 0.7 cm, 3/16 oz.)

Object number2018.010.992

Label TextThe udjat eye amulet, or the Eye of Horus, combines elements of the human eye and the cheek markings of a falcon. Its ancient Egyptian name means “the one that is sound (again),” symbolizing the healed eye of the falcon god, Horus. The right udjat eye is associated with the sun, and the left is connected to the moon.
Exhibition HistoryLife and the Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection, Michael C. Carlos Museum, February 4 - August 6, 2023
Published ReferencesMelinda K. Hartwig, ed., Life and The Afterlife: Ancient Egyptian Art from the Senusret Collection (Atlanta: Michael C. Carlos Museum, 2023), catalogue entry 94.

ProvenanceEx coll. Georges Ricard Foundation, Santa Barbara, California.

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