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String of eye beads

Amarna, house N.51.3
Reign of Akhenaten, 1353 - 1336 B.C.
Faience;
length. 96 cm, w. of beads 2.5­3 cm
Agyptisches Museum und
Papyrussammlung, Berlin

Relatively inexpensive jewelry of colorful faience was popular among the residents of Akhenaten's city. These beads are decorated with the wedjat or sacred eye, believed to have the power to protect and rejuvenate.

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