Thoth with Wadjet-eye
Brooklyn Museum Object Description
Small blue-green faience figure of a seated cynocephalus ape holding before him a small wd3t-eye. Small base, no inscription, loop on back. Condition: In general good. Base chipped. Hands chipped. Fine workmanship.
The most common amulet is the eye of Horus, a human eye with the markings of a falcon's face. Mythology was central to ancient Egyptian magic, and this image is based on the myth of the destruction of one of the falcon-headed god Horus's eyes by the god Seth and its restoration to wholeness (wedja) by the god Thoth, a great magician, The wedjat-eye represented both wellbeing and the constantly renewed victory of the positive forces of the universe over evil or destructive forces.
| Creator Name | -- |
| Title | Thoth with Wadjet-eye |
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| Creator | -- |
| Worktype | Accessory |
| Date | 664–30 B.C.E. |
| Cultural Context | -- |
| Source | Brooklyn Museum |
| Material | Faience |
| Curationist Record | https://www.curationist.org/works/work-bmoa-19148 |
| Dimensions | 1 5/8 x 3/4 x 7/8 in. (4.1 x 1.9 x 2.2 cm) |
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| Date | 664–30 B.C.E. |
| Provenance | Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, Mar 21, 1908 |
| Style Period | -- |
| Rights | Creative Commons-BY |
| Inscription | -- |
| Location | Egypt |
| Source | Brooklyn Museum |
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