Egyptian Lapis Wedjat Eye pendant, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Medium - Terracotta both faces with finely drawn

both faces with finely drawn brows

Medium: Jade

and attractive decorative program centered on the iconic owl of Athena

In this example

while palm leaf

Egyptian Lapis Wedjat Eye pendant, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Medium - Terracotta both faces with finely drawnWithout 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