Block with cartouche of Alexander the Great or his son Alexander IV of Macedon

Block with cartouche of Alexander the Great or his son Alexander IV of Macedon

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The preserved cartouche gives the name of Alexander, although omitting one of the usual signs. This should be Alexander the Great, who conquered Egypt in 332 BC and died in 323 BC, or just possibly his son by Roxanne Alexander IV of Macedon who ruled Egypt in absentia from 316-306 BC. To the left of the cartouche may be seen the remains of the king's first cartouche. Below the heads of two uraei crowned with disks may just be seen, possibly referring to two goddesses and part of an epithet of the king.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Block with cartouche of Alexander the Great or his son Alexander IV of MacedonBlock with cartouche of Alexander the Great or his son Alexander IV of MacedonBlock with cartouche of Alexander the Great or his son Alexander IV of MacedonBlock with cartouche of Alexander the Great or his son Alexander IV of MacedonBlock with cartouche of Alexander the Great or his son Alexander IV of Macedon

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.