Papyrus charm

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This papyrus (joined with 26.3.225b) is inscribed with an incantation for protection, invoking the eight deities of the Ogdoad in order to protect the individual named in the final line. At the bottom center, a drawing once featured two symmetrically arranged crocodiles facing and attacking a figure positioned between them. The papyrus would have been folded into a small package and worn on a string around the neck.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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.

Metropolitan Museum of Art