This amulet in the shape of an udjat eye is unusually large. Between the eye paint line and the curl is the figure of a bull with a uraeus between its horns. This is possibly a depiction of Apis .
Present location
PELIZAEUS-MUSEUM [04/030] HILDESHEIM
Inventory number
4543
Dating
ROMAN PERIOD
Archaeological Site
UNKNOWN
Category
AMULET
Material
FAIENCE ; GLAZE
Technique
FAYENCE; GLAZED
Height
11.2 cm
Width
15.2 cm
Depth
2 cm
Bibliography Kayser, H., Die ägyptischen Altertümer im Roemer-Pelizaeus-Museum in Hildesheim, Hildesheim 1973, S. 118, Abb. 84. Meisterwerke altägyptischer Keramik : 5000 Jahre Kunst und Kunsthandwerk aus Ton und Fayence, Montabaur 1978, Kat.-Nr. 342. Eggebrecht, A. (Hrsg.), Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim : Die ägyptische Sammlung, Hildesheim - Mainz 1993, Abb. 109.