Mold for Making a Wedjat Eye

305–30 B.C.E.

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Caption

Mold for Making a Wedjat Eye, 305–30 B.C.E.. Terracotta, 3 1/8 × 2 3/8 × 11/16 in. (8 × 6 × 1.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.580.219.

Title

Mold for Making a Wedjat Eye

Date

305–30 B.C.E.

Period

Ptolemaic Period (possibly)

Medium

Terracotta

Classification

Accessory

Dimensions

3 1/8 × 2 3/8 × 11/16 in. (8 × 6 × 1.7 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour

Accession Number

16.580.219

Rights

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