Object Description
A wonderful, ancient Egyptian, turquoise-glazed faience wedjat amulet dedicated to Thutmose III. It features on the obverse an almond-shaped eye, with a large, chevron-hatched eyebrow, which extends horizontally. The cheek marking, which sits below they eye, tapers inwards with a vertical striation down the centre. Additional striations decorate the triangular element protruding. The final linear elongation extends from the corner of the eye diagonally and ends in a spiral at the edge of the amulet. On the reverse is a prominent oval cartouche, slightly raised in relief, it surrounds three distinct hieroglyphs, beginning with; the sun disk, the checkerboard ‘men’ sign and the scarab ‘kheper’ sign. Combined these transliterate as ‘mn-ḫprw-rꜤ’, ‘Men-kheperu-Re’ and form the Throne name, or prenomen, of Thutmose III. The amulet is pierced horizontally for suspension. A rare piece of exceptional quality.
Date: Circa 1479-1425 BC
Period: New Kingdom Period