Fragment of Scarab Inscribed for Seti I

Fragment of Scarab Inscribed for Seti I

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The underside of this scarab bears an inscription in four horizontal lines enumerating the royal titles, names and epithets of pharaoh Seti I (Dynasty 19, ca. 1294-1279 B.C.). The god Ptah is invoked in an inscription in the upper register, flanked by a pair of large wings. This is an elaborate version of a composition found on several scarabs of the Ramesside Period (Dynasty 19-20).

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.