Note 135 — Chapter XVIII · DISCOVERIES AT ABOU SIMBEL.
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“This eye, called uta, was extensively used by the Egyptians both as an ornament and amulet during life, and as a sepulchral amulet. They are found in the form of right eyes and left eyes, and they symbolize the eyes of Horus, as he looks to the north and south horizons in his passage from east to west, i. e., from sunrise to sunset.”
M. Grebaut, in his translation of a hymn to Amen-Ra, observes: “Le soleil marchant d’Orient en Occident éclaire de ses deux yeux les deux régions du Nord et du Midi.”—“Révue Arch.,” vol. xxv, 1873; p. 387.