Mummy bandage inscribed with a wedjat eye
Unknown Artist
Henettawy's unembalmed body was wrapped in bandages of fine linen, inscribed in places with protective emblems. This fringed square bears a wedjat, the healed eye of Horus, roughly drawn in ink. Wounded in battle and then made whole again, this eye was a potent symbol of regeneration. In this context, it indicated that the linen was of very fine quality.
Credit: Rogers Fund, 1925
c. 1000-945 B.C.
Linen
5.9 x 4.8in
25.3.185
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