Pectoral of a winged goddess, probably Nut

Pectoral of a winged goddess, probably Nut

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Discovered in a tomb at Deir el-Medineh, this funerary pectoral must have belonged to one of the workmen who built and decorated the royal tombs of the New Kingdom or a member of his family. It represents a winged female figure, perhaps the sky goddess Nut, who is often seen protecting the deceased. It could also be Isis, or another goddess. Holes in the upper and lower edges of the pectoral would have been used to attach the piece to the wrappings of the mummy, right over the chest.

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.