An Egyptian Carnelian Wedjat eye Pendant, New Kingdom, 18th - 19th Dynasty, ca. 1550 - 1290 BCE Price - $5500 - $10000 624–625 n

624–625 n

leaving the upper torso bare in a manner typical of early Roman glyptic

decorated with gold wire wrapped around the sides and three granule clusters

Lourve- Chaouabtis (Paris 2003) p

when vividly patterned stones were used in jewelry

An Egyptian Carnelian Wedjat eye Pendant, New Kingdom, 18th - 19th Dynasty, ca. 1550 - 1290 BCE Price - $5500 - $10000 624–625 nWithout doubt, the best known of all protective amulets is the wedjat, literally 'the sound one', referring to the eye of the falcon headed Horus after it had been plucked out during one of his interminable battles with Seth and then healed by Thoth. This Horus was the celestial falcon and great creator god whose right eye was the sun and left eye the moon. It is generally supposed that the wedjat was the moon eye, which was 'injured' as it waned and