Mummy bandage inscribed with a wedjat eye, ca. 1000–945

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Mummy bandage inscribed with a wedjat eye, Third Intermediate Period, late Dynasty 21, ca. 1000–945 , From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb of Henettawy F, 1923–24, Linen, L. 15 × W. 12 cm (5 7/8 × 4 3/4 in.), Henettawy's unembalmed body was wrapped in bandages of fine linen, inscribed in places with protective emblems. This fringed square bears a wedjat, the healed eye of Horus, roughly drawn in ink. Wounded in battle and then made whole again, this eye was a potent symbol of regeneration

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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
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