Plaque Inscribed With the Names of Amenhotep III

Plaque Inscribed With the Names of Amenhotep III

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This oval plaque has been inscribed with the two most commonly recorded names of Amenhotep III: his throne name, Nebmaatre, and his personal name, Amenhotep, which is accompanied by the epithet Ruler of Thebes.

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.