Scarab Depicting Ramesses II Smiting a Prisoner Before Amun

Scarab Depicting Ramesses II Smiting a Prisoner Before Amun

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The base of this scarab is inscribed with the image of Ramesses II standing before the god Amun and slaying a prisoner with a battle axe. His prenomen is written above the scene.

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.