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<p>[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 8174094, member: 110350"]Also, here's my faience amulet of the Eye of Horus (Uzat Eye), green with brown relief, dating to the 26th Dynasty, ca. 525 BCE. I purchased it on Jan. 7, 1983 at Harmer Rooke in New York City.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1428228[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>See <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_of_Horus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_of_Horus" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_of_Horus</a>:</p><p><br /></p><p>"The Eye of Horus, wedjat eye or udjat eye is a concept and symbol in ancient Egyptian religion that represents well-being, healing, and protection. It derives from the mythical conflict between the god Horus with his rival Set, in which Set tore out or destroyed one or both of Horus's eyes and the eye was subsequently healed or returned to Horus with the assistance of another deity, such as Thoth. Horus subsequently offered the eye to his deceased father Osiris, and its revivifying power sustained Osiris in the afterlife. The Eye of Horus was thus equated with funerary offerings, as well as with all the offerings given to deities in temple ritual. . . . The Eye of Horus symbol, a stylized eye with distinctive markings, was believed to have protective magical power and appeared frequently in ancient Egyptian art. It was one of the most common motifs for amulets, remaining in use from the Old Kingdom (c. 2686–2181 BC) to the Roman period (30 BC – 641 AD)."[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DonnaML, post: 8174094, member: 110350"]Also, here's my faience amulet of the Eye of Horus (Uzat Eye), green with brown relief, dating to the 26th Dynasty, ca. 525 BCE. I purchased it on Jan. 7, 1983 at Harmer Rooke in New York City. [ATTACH=full]1428228[/ATTACH] See [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_of_Horus[/URL]: "The Eye of Horus, wedjat eye or udjat eye is a concept and symbol in ancient Egyptian religion that represents well-being, healing, and protection. It derives from the mythical conflict between the god Horus with his rival Set, in which Set tore out or destroyed one or both of Horus's eyes and the eye was subsequently healed or returned to Horus with the assistance of another deity, such as Thoth. Horus subsequently offered the eye to his deceased father Osiris, and its revivifying power sustained Osiris in the afterlife. The Eye of Horus was thus equated with funerary offerings, as well as with all the offerings given to deities in temple ritual. . . . The Eye of Horus symbol, a stylized eye with distinctive markings, was believed to have protective magical power and appeared frequently in ancient Egyptian art. It was one of the most common motifs for amulets, remaining in use from the Old Kingdom (c. 2686–2181 BC) to the Roman period (30 BC – 641 AD)."[/QUOTE]
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