Eye Amulet
Egyptian
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Object Label
The Egyptians worked with gold and semiprecious stones from earliest times. They mined both types of material in the desert east of the Nile and in present-day Sudan, called “Nubia” in ancient times after the ancient Egyptian word for gold (nub). Clearly, objects made from these high-value materials were available only to the highest ranks of society.
Caption
Egyptian. Eye Amulet, 525–404 B.C.E.. Gold, 9/16 × 11/16 × 3/16 in. (1.5 × 1.8 × 0.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.795E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Culture
Title
Eye Amulet
Date
525–404 B.C.E.
Dynasty
Dynasty 27 to Dynasty 30
Period
Persian Period
Geography
Reportedly from: Saqqara, Egypt
Medium
Gold
Classification
Dimensions
9/16 × 11/16 × 3/16 in. (1.5 × 1.8 × 0.5 cm)
Credit Line
Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Accession Number
37.795E
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