![]() Ra-Harakhty with Ma'at feather Egypt, Tuna el-Gebel, probably Ptolemaic Period, ca. 100-30 B.C.E. Bronze, 4 15/16 in. (12.6 cm) Brooklyn # 51.147.1, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund |
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![]() Wedjat-Eye Amulet Glazed faience Egypt Late Period, ca. 664-305 B.C.E. Brooklyn #02.235, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund |
![]() Amulet in Form of Wedjat-eye, ca. 1539-1075 B.C.E. Schist (probably), 7/8 x 1 7/16 x 1/4 in. (2.3 x 3.6 x 0.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum #37.1287E, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund My own photo quite 'meh', this is adapted from the museum's photo |
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(From "Amulets", by Carol Andrews, The Ancient Gods Speak, edited by Donald B. Redford, page 13): "The wedjat ('sound one') also made its first appearance in the Old Kingdom; it took the form of the eye of the falcon sky god Horus. The Eye of Horus was considered the most powerful of protective amulets. Abundant examples with many variant forms and materials have survived from all subsequent dynastic periods." The examples are so abundant because it is "the single most common funerary amulet, the eye of Horus (wd3.t), [as it] guarantees general health and soundness (wd3.)(From "Magic", by Robert K. Ritner, The Ancient Gods Speak, edited by Donald B. Redford, page 212)
(From Reading Egyptian Art, by Richard Wilkinson, page 43): |
It is Thoth who heals Horus' injured eye, after his "contendings" with the god Set.
(From Wikipedia) In the solar eye illustration via Wilkinson, Nekhbet is on our left, while Wadjet, the goddess with the cobra form, is on our right. |
![]() Uraeus with Solar Disk Ptolemaic Period, ca. 305-30 B.C.E. Bronze, 4 15/16 x 2 x 1 1/2 in. (12.6 x 5.1 x 3.8 cm) Brooklyn ##51.147.2, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund |
Wadjet is "the patron and protector of Lower Egypt and upon unification with Upper Egypt,
the joint protector and patron of all of Egypt with the goddess of Upper Egypt.
The image of Wadjet with the sun disk is caller the uraeus."(source Wikipedia)
The following is an excerpt from utterance 570 of the Pyramid Texts:
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