Fish Design Amulet Inscribed with the cartouche of Queen Ahmose Nefertari

Fish Design Amulet Inscribed with the cartouche of Queen Ahmose Nefertari

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The inscription on the base of the amulet reads "Nefertari" and may refer to Ahmose-Nefertari, the wife of King Ahmose I and the mother of Amenhotep I. She was held in high regard throughout the New Kingdom.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Fish Design Amulet Inscribed with the cartouche of Queen Ahmose NefertariFish Design Amulet Inscribed with the cartouche of Queen Ahmose NefertariFish Design Amulet Inscribed with the cartouche of Queen Ahmose NefertariFish Design Amulet Inscribed with the cartouche of Queen Ahmose NefertariFish Design Amulet Inscribed with the cartouche of Queen Ahmose Nefertari

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.