Right Eye from an Anthropoid Coffin from the Brooklyn Museum
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Title
Right Eye from an Anthropoid Coffin from the Brooklyn Museum
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Subject
Glass eye from coffin
Description
As described by The Brooklyn Museum:
"Egyptians described their gods as having gold skin and lapis-lazuli hair, eyebrows, and eyelids. Thus, the colorful glass of this eye imitates the costly blue stone, implying that the deceased passed all the necessary ordeals and is now among the gods and equated with Osiris. The blue glass encases a stone white of the eye, which contains a separately carved black pupil.
A minute detail of a trace of red paint on the inner canthus (or corner) of the eye adds yet another naturalistic touch. The wedge-shaped convex eye undoubtedly made the coffin appear more realistic by drawing attention to the gaze."
"Egyptians described their gods as having gold skin and lapis-lazuli hair, eyebrows, and eyelids. Thus, the colorful glass of this eye imitates the costly blue stone, implying that the deceased passed all the necessary ordeals and is now among the gods and equated with Osiris. The blue glass encases a stone white of the eye, which contains a separately carved black pupil.
A minute detail of a trace of red paint on the inner canthus (or corner) of the eye adds yet another naturalistic touch. The wedge-shaped convex eye undoubtedly made the coffin appear more realistic by drawing attention to the gaze."
Creator
Brooklyn Museum
Source
Brooklyn Museum
Publisher
Brooklyn Museum
Date
Ancient Egypt
Period: New Kingdom or later
Date: 1539-30 BC
Period: New Kingdom or later
Date: 1539-30 BC
Contributor
Brooklyn Museum
Rights
Copyright held by the Brooklyn Museum and used under Creative Commons licensing.
Relation
[no text]
Format
Image: jpg
Object Medium: Obsidian, crystalline limestone, blue glass
Dimensions: 2.1 x 5.8 x 2.6 cm (13/16 x 2 5/16 x 1 in.)
Accession Number: 37.1951E
Object Medium: Obsidian, crystalline limestone, blue glass
Dimensions: 2.1 x 5.8 x 2.6 cm (13/16 x 2 5/16 x 1 in.)
Accession Number: 37.1951E
Language
English
Type
Physical Object
Identifier
[no text]
Coverage
Geography: Egypt
Period: New Kingdom or later
Period: New Kingdom or later
Files
Collection
Citation
Brooklyn Museum , “Right Eye from an Anthropoid Coffin from the Brooklyn Museum,” Pondering Public History: An Ancient Egypt Collection, accessed April 19, 2024, https://ponderingpublichistory.omeka.net/items/show/10.