Scarab Ring

Scarab Ring

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This scarab was found tied to the hand of an unknown woman who was buried on the hillside below the tomb of Senenmut (TT 71), one of Hatshepsut's officials. The name of Hatshepsut's daughter, Neferure, and her title "God's Wife," are inscribed on the base of the scarab which is similar in quality and style to those placed in the foundation deposits of Hatshpepsut's funerary temple at Deir el-Bahri.

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.