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Third Intermediate Period
Found over the abdominal incision through which Gautsoshen’s viscera were removed (then replaced after being mummified), this plaque is incised with a wedjat, the healed eye of Horus. It thus embodies healing, as well as protection and regeneration.
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Title: Wedjat Eye Incision Plaque
Period: Third Intermediate Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 21
Date: ca. 1000–945 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb MMA 60, Pit, Burial of Gautsoshen (P4), MMA excavations, 1923–24
Medium: Bronze or copper alloy
Dimensions: L. 8 × W. 7.1 cm (3 1/8 × 2 13/16 in.)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1925
Object Number: 25.3.164
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