Bead with Royal Name

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

An elongated faience bead inscribed with the throne name "King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Lord of the Two Lands, Usermaatre-Setepenre." Ten kings bore this name: Ramesses IV (Dyn. 20); Amenemope (Dyn. 21); Osorkon II, Sheshonq III/IV, and Pami (Dyn. 22); Pedubaste I, Osorkon III, Takelot III, Rudamun, and Iuput II (Dyn. 23).

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.

Metropolitan Museum of Art