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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Antiquities| > |Antiquities by Type| > |Amulets| > AS110916
Egyptian, Late Period, Uzat, Eye of Horus Amulet, 712 - 332 B.C.
|Amulets|, |Egyptian,| |Late| |Period,| |Uzat,| |Eye| |of| |Horus| |Amulet,| |712| |-| |332| |B.C.|, The Uzat was the eye of Horus. It warded off evil spirits. In the Osiris myth, Horus offered the healed eye to his dead father; so powerful was the charm that he was restored to life.
AS110916. Egyptian, Uzat amulet; see Petrie Amulets 138; beige carved steatite, pierced, 10.3 x 9.0 mm, near Choice, crude simple form, nice color, surface chips, 712 B.C. - 364 A.D.; from Alex G. Malloy; SOLD










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