Bracelet with knots and wedjat eye ca. 1000–945 Third Intermediate Period This double strand of two-ply linen, knotted at intervals, was strung with a single wedjat eye of blue faience. It was found, along with four other bracelets, around Henettawy’s right wrist. A representation of the healed eye of the falcon-god Horus, this was a powerful symbol of protection and Bracelet with knots and wedjat eye. ca. 1000–945 Linen, faience. Third Intermediate Period. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb of Henettawy F (MMA 59), MMA excavations, 1923–24. late Dyn
Bracelet with knots and wedjat eye ca. 1000–945 Third Intermediate Period This double strand of two-ply linen, knotted at intervals, was strung with a single wedjat eye of blue faience. It was found, along with four other bracelets, around Henettawy’s right wrist. A representation of the healed eye of the falcon-god Horus, this was a powerful symbol of protection and Bracelet with knots and wedjat eye. ca. 1000–945 Linen, faience. Third Intermediate Period. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb of Henettawy F (MMA 59), MMA excavations, 1923–24. late Dynasty 21
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