Sa Amulet

Sa Amulet

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This amulet depicts the hieroglyph that writes the word "sa," which means protection. The sa amulet thus extends protection to the wearer, whether in life or death. The piece was found in the same tomb with a "seweret" bead (25.3.252) and a wooden box (25.3.255a–c).

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.