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Large udjat eye

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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

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