Window grill from a palace of Ramesses III

Window grill from a palace of Ramesses III

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This stone window grill, which has been partially restored, was one of three discovered in the throne room of the palace of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu. Originally placed high on a wall, it allowed only indirect light to enter the room. The grill is divided into two registers: the top decorated with two cartouches bearing the throne name of Ramesses III, framed by solar falcons; on the bottom are the hieroglyphic symbols for life (ankh) and stability (djed), flanked in turn by cartouches with the birth name of the king.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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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.