EditorialAn ancient base asking blessings from Heka for the Scribe of the Library of Atum Pa-kap, son of the Prophet of Atum Pa-iry-kap and the mistress of the House Hr-ib-Wadjet; statue modern above the ankles.
EditorialGold cobra wearing the crown of Lower Egypt, Egyptian, Late Period, after 600 BC. The fact that the cobra from this decorative ornament wears the red crown of Lower Egypt suggests that it represents the goddess Wadjet, patron of the town of Buto. It co...
EditorialEgyptian Art. Boat. From the tomb of Wadjet-hotep at Sedment. Wood. 7th-11th Dynasty. c. 2150-2050 B.C. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark.
EditorialStatuette of Wadjet in the name of Akanosh son of Pediamenopet, Third Intermediate Period?Kushite Period or later, Dynasty 21?25, ca. 1070?664 B.C. or later, From Egypt, Copper alloy, 36.5 cm (14 3/8 in.), Statuary and equipment in bronze and precious ...
EditorialGold cobra wearing the crown of Lower Egypt, Egyptian, Late Period, after 600 BC. The fact that the cobra from this decorative ornament wears the red crown of Lower Egypt suggests that it represents the goddess Wadjet, patron of the town of Buto. It co...
EditorialAn ancient base asking blessings from Heka for the Scribe of the Library of Atum Pa-kap, son of the Prophet of Atum Pa-iry-kap and the mistress of the House Hr-ib-Wadjet; statue modern above the ankles.
EditorialLion-headed goddess, Late Period?Ptolemaic Period, 664?30 BC, From Egypt, Cupreous metal, H. 15.5 cm (6 1/8 in.); W. 2.9 cm (1 1/8 in.); D. 2 cm (13/16 in.), Lion-headed goddesses in Egypt encompassed numerous deities including Sakhmet, Wadjet, and Bas...
EditorialHathor Amulet, Third Intermediate Period?Late Period, ca. 1086?332 B.C., From Egypt, Faience, H. 2 9/16 x 9/16 x 1 1/8 in. (6.5 x 1.5 x 2.9 cm), In Ancient Egypt deities are often depicted as a combination of a human body and an animal head. Less frequ...
EditorialStatuette of Wadjet in the name of Akanosh son of Pediamenopet, Third Intermediate Period?Kushite Period or later, Dynasty 21?25, ca. 1070?664 B.C. or later, From Egypt, Copper alloy, 36.5 cm (14 3/8 in.), Statuary and equipment in bronze and precious ...
EditorialFigurine Pendant of an Ichneumon, inscribed, Ptolemaic Period, 332?30 B.C., From Egypt, Cupreous metal, H. 3.8 cm (1 1/2 in.); W. 2.2 cm (7/8 in.); L. 5.6 cm (2 3/16 in.), The ichneumon is a rodent, similar to a mongoose, that was associated with the g...
EditorialElements from a pectoral, Middle Kingdom, ca. 1887?1750 BC, From Egypt, Fayum Entrance Area, Haraga, Cemetery A, Tomb 124, Silver, carnelian, lapis lazuli, and faience, This fragment illustrates a portion of an inlaid wadjet-eye from a pectoral.
EditorialWedjat eye that was an element in a pectoral, Middle Kingdom, ca. 1887?1750 BC, From Egypt, Fayum Entrance Area, Haraga, Cemetery A, Tomb 124, Silver, carnelian, and faience, L. 2.2 cm (7/8 in.); H. 1.1 cm (7/16 in.); Th.. 0.3 cm (1/8 in.), This fragme...
EditorialLion-Headed Goddess, Late Period?Ptolemaic Period, 664?30 B.C., From Egypt, Cupreous metal, H. 14 cm (5 1/2 in.); W. 2.8 cm (1 1/8 in.); D. 3 cm (1 3/16 in.), Lion-headed goddesses in Egypt encompassed numerous deities including Sakhmet, Wadjet, and Ba...
EditorialStatuette of Amenopet naming the provider/beneficiary Amenirdis son of Horiaa, Third Intermediate Period?Late Period, ca. 800?595 B.C., From Egypt, cuperous metal, precious metal inlay, H. without tang 17.1 cm (6 3/4 in.); W. 6.9 cm (2 11/16 in.); D. 4...
EditorialEgyptian Art. Boat. From the tomb of Wadjet-hotep at Sedment. Wood. 7th-11th Dynasty. c. 2150-2050 B.C. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. Copenhagen. Denmark.
EditorialFragment of a fayence wand (ritual baton) with a sacred Wadjet-eye on either side. Late Bronze Period (15th-12th BCE), New Kingdom, Egypt. Inv. 1223.
EditorialGold cobra wearing the crown of Lower Egypt, Egyptian, Late Period, after 600 BC. The fact that the cobra from this decorative ornament wears the red crown of Lower Egypt suggests that it represents the goddess Wadjet, patron of the town of Buto. It co...