# Eye of Horus (Wedjat) Amulet

- By: Ancient Egyptian
- Date: 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
- Credit line: Purchased with funds provided by Henry H. Getty and Charles L. Hutchinson
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/140632)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/3e6c29f5-4a7c-e429-b739-0e45ca4e5178/full/843,/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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