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Eye of Horus (Wedjat) Amulet
Ptolemaic Period (332–30 BCE)
- Medium
- Gold
- Classification
- Costume and Accessories
- Dimensions
- 0.9 × 1.2 × 0.3 cm (3/8 × 1/2 × 1/8 in.)
- Culture
- Egypt
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Arts of Africa
- Credit line
- Purchased with funds provided by Henry H. Getty and Charles L. Hutchinson
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
Referred to as wedjat, these amulets represent a human eye enhanced or combined with the characteristic markings of a falcon, and refer to the god Horus. Made in many variations for over 3,000 years, they convey wholeness and health.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
