Scarab Inscribed with the Throne Name of Amenhotep III

Scarab Inscribed with the Throne Name of Amenhotep III

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This scarab was made by pressing faience paste into a pottery mold. Before the paste was dry, a stamp inscribed with the throne name of Amenhotep III (Nebmaatre) was pressed onto the base, pushing some of the material over the edge of the mold. This excess material was never trimmed, leaving the ragged outline.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Scarab Inscribed with the Throne Name of Amenhotep IIIScarab Inscribed with the Throne Name of Amenhotep IIIScarab Inscribed with the Throne Name of Amenhotep IIIScarab Inscribed with the Throne Name of Amenhotep IIIScarab Inscribed with the Throne Name of Amenhotep III

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.