Bead with the Name of King Iaib Wahibre

Bead with the Name of King Iaib Wahibre

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

On this bead the king Iaib Wahibre is called "beloved of Sobek, lord of Sumenu." Sumenu was a major sanctuary of the crocodile god Sobek in the Theban area.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bead with the Name of King Iaib WahibreBead with the Name of King Iaib WahibreBead with the Name of King Iaib WahibreBead with the Name of King Iaib WahibreBead with the Name of King Iaib Wahibre

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.