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EGYPTIAN FAIENCE AMULET COMPOSED OF FOUR EYES OF HORUS - Ca. 1070 - 900 BCAn Egyptian bright green and black faience amulet depicting the four eyes of the god Horus. The amulet is in the typical style of the new kingdom and the third intermediate period. In Egyptian mythology, Horus' eye was injured or stolen by the god Seth and then restored by Thoth. A pendant in this shape was thought to protect its wearer and to transfer the power of regeneration onto them. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Accession Number: 2021.41.31.Size: 38mm x 38mm; Weight: 12gProvenance: Property of a London gallery; previously in a collection of a North London gentleman; formerly in a collection of Mrs B. Ellison, a deceased former member of the Egyptian Exploration Fund, bought from the 1940s, Cairo and London.