Egyptian Lapis Wedjat Eye pendant, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Medium - Terracotta Condition: The shabti is intact

Condition:  The shabti is intact and in excellent condition overall

Now mounted in a modern high-karat gold ring

With delicate gold filigree on the reverse side

while palm leaf

Egyptian Lapis Wedjat Eye pendant, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Medium - Terracotta Condition: The shabti is intactWithout doubt, the best known of all protective amulets is the wedjat, literally 'the sound one', referring to the eye of the falcon headed Horus after it had been plucked out during one of his interminable battles with Seth and then healed by Thoth. This Horus was the celestial falcon and great creator god whose right eye was the sun and left eye the moon. It is generally supposed that the wedjat was the moon eye, which was 'injured' as it waned and