Plaque in the Form of a Cartouche; two ankhs; ankh, two nefers

Plaque in the Form of a Cartouche; two ankhs; ankh, two nefers

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This cartouche-shaped plaque was found with twenty-three scarabs and seal-amulets in the coffin of a young woman who was buried in Hatnefer's tomb (see 36.3.1 and 36.3 26). On side is inscribed with two ankh hieroglyphs (meaning life); the other ahd an ankh and two nefer hieroglyphs (meaning good or beautiful).

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.