Terminal, possibly for a scepter

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This small gold object is inscribed for the princess Maketaten, second daughter of Akhenaten. It has recently been pointed out that the object, historically termed a miniature situla (a bucket-shaped ritual vessel), is more likely an end piece from another element, perhaps a scepter or some other insignia. The princess died before her father and was buried in a chamber of his tomb at Amarna. This object is likely to have originated there.

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