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Scarab with ""Udjat"" Eyes

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Description

<p>This steatite scarab is the bezel of a finger ring. Its flat underside is incised with a vertically arranged design of a pair of facing, connected "Udjat" eyes with script signs below. The design of the back of the scarab is simple with short and aligned carved side-notches and a well proportioned layout. The workmanship of the piece is slightly rough and it is not very carefully made.This scarab originally functioned as an amulet. It should protect the life and regeneration of its owner and provide divine support. The piece was originally mounted or threaded.The very stylized shape of "Udjat"-eye-pair was common in the late Middle Kingdom and the Second Intermediate Period.</p><p>For the latest information about this object, <cite><a href='https://purl.thewalters.org/art/42.39' rel='external'>Scarab with "Udjat" Eyes</a></cite>, visit the Online Collection of the Walters Art Museum.</p>

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

An oval scarab-shaped amulet with a glazed faience/stone body, showing the “Udjat” (Eye of Horus) motif in a central cartouche-like frame with surrounding spiral/rosette and bezel details.

The image shows a close-up of an oval scarab amulet. The surface is primarily a light brown/gray stone body with extensive weathering. A green-blue glaze appears to define a raised central design: a stylized eye (consistent with the Udjat/Eye of Horus) surrounded by curling lines and small circular elements. Above the eye there are two small circular forms flanking a horizontal band; below and around the eye are additional small circular marks and segmented shapes that read like decorative hieroglyphic or symbolic elements. The overall composition is centered within a raised rectangular/arched boundary that resembles an amuletic frame. No clear royal cartouche, deity figure, or independent hieroglyphic inscription text in linear arrangement is legible at this resolution. No Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible. A bronze setting is not clearly discernible in this image (only the amulet face and a worn perimeter are visible).

decorative unknown fragmentary
Materials light brown steatite/stone bodygreen-blue glazed surfacepossible bronze setting (not clearly visible)
Signs Udjat (Eye of Horus)

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1

English description

[Inscription] Pair of connected Udjat eyes, which face each other

Cross-references (2)

  • Walters-AccNum 42.39 tier-2
  • Walters-id 3908 tier-2

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