Scarab with the Representation of a Falcon and Hieroglyphs

Scarab with the Representation of a Falcon and Hieroglyphs

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The underside of this Canaanite Middle Bronze Age scarab is decorated with the representation of a crowned falcon. Protective hieroglyphs such as the sign for good and beautiful (nefer) accompany him. The scarab was found attached to a knotted string, which is no longer preserved.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Scarab with the Representation of a Falcon and HieroglyphsScarab with the Representation of a Falcon and HieroglyphsScarab with the Representation of a Falcon and HieroglyphsScarab with the Representation of a Falcon and HieroglyphsScarab with the Representation of a Falcon and Hieroglyphs

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.