Glazed powdered quartz composite (faience), 0.19 grams, 7.71 mm. 11th-10th century BC. 12th dynasty to Ptolemaic periods (1991 BC to 30 BC). The wedjat is the symbolic eye of the god, Horus, son of Osiris. The multiple-eye amulet formed the model for a thick cartouche with ribbed detail. The piece is in green faience, made 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. Very fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection.