Egyptian 'Multiple Wedjat Eye' Amulet
Glazed powdered quartz composite (faience), 0.37 grams, 10.84 mm. 11th-10th century BC. 12th dynasty to Ptolemaic periods (1991 BC to 30 BC). The multiple-eye wedjat amulet formed the model for a plano-convex rectangle with incised transverse patterns. The piece is in blue-green faience with a transverse piercing for suspension. Reference: Flinders Petrie, W.M. Amulets Illustrated by the Egyptian Collection in University College, London, London, reprinted 1994, p.33. Fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.