Wedjat-Eye Design Amulet Inscribed With the Cartouche Maatkare (Hatshepsut)

Wedjat-Eye Design Amulet Inscribed With the Cartouche Maatkare (Hatshepsut)

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This wedjat eye amulet is inscribed on the base with a cartouche encircling Hatshepsut's throne name, Maatkare. This is surmounted by an Atef-crown and flanked by two ostrich feathers.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Wedjat-Eye Design Amulet Inscribed With the Cartouche Maatkare (Hatshepsut)Wedjat-Eye Design Amulet Inscribed With the Cartouche Maatkare (Hatshepsut)Wedjat-Eye Design Amulet Inscribed With the Cartouche Maatkare (Hatshepsut)Wedjat-Eye Design Amulet Inscribed With the Cartouche Maatkare (Hatshepsut)Wedjat-Eye Design Amulet Inscribed With the Cartouche Maatkare (Hatshepsut)

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.