Scarab Inscribed with the Horus Falcon and Uraeus

Scarab Inscribed with the Horus Falcon and Uraeus

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The decoration on the base of this scarab depicts a falcon wearing the double crown, a symbol of the union of Upper and Lower Egypt. The falcon can be understood as the living king, in this case, Amenhotep III. The device above the falcon appears to be a rearing cobra whose tail ends in a wing. This may be intended represent the two deities who protect the king, Udjo, the cobra goddess of Lower egypt, and Nekhbet, the vulture goddess of Upper Egypt.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Scarab Inscribed with the Horus Falcon and UraeusScarab Inscribed with the Horus Falcon and UraeusScarab Inscribed with the Horus Falcon and UraeusScarab Inscribed with the Horus Falcon and UraeusScarab Inscribed with the Horus Falcon and Uraeus

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.