Inlay: E.117.1932

Current Location: In storage

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Inlay

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Ornamental element

Description

Glass eye rim (blue), quite likely from an "Apis mummy", a deity regarded as the herald of Ptah, ideologically linked to strength in rulership, and later affiliated with Osiris (and served as a protector of the dead). The Apis bull can be seen escorting the deceased back to the tomb on the footboards of coffins from the mid-Third Intermediate Period, particularly in the 25th and 26th Dynasties. The shape of the eye (and colour) closely matches those seen on a head of an "Apis mummy", from the Rosicrucian Museum, labelled RC-367.

https://egyptianmuseum.catalogaccess.com/objects/342

Eye of cow or bull, rim.

The object came to Edward Towry-Whyte from the Harris Collection in 1889, and was object number 648 in the Towry-Whyte Bequest to the Fitzwilliam Museum.

Measurements and weight

Length: 9.5 cm
Width: 6.3 cm

Place(s) associated

Egypt ⪼ Egypt

Find spot

Egypt

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1932) by Whyte, Edward Towry

Project

Egypt

References and bibliographic entries

Glass at the Fitzwilliam Museum

Identification numbers

Accession number: E.117.1932
Primary reference Number: 52849
Oldadmincategory: FG
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 11 February 2025

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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