Pectoral of Panekhu

Pectoral of Panekhu

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

On the front of this shrine-shaped pectoral, Panekhu kneels with his hands raised in adoration before Anubis. The jackal-god, whose name is written in hieroglyphis behind his head, reclines atop a low shrine. On the reverse of the pectoral is a djed pillar, symbol of the god Osiris, flanked by tit amulets, thought to represent girdle knots and associated with Osiris's sister-wife, Isis.


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.