Fragment of a Scarab Inscribed with Hieroglyphs

Fragment of a Scarab Inscribed with Hieroglyphs

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This fragment is inscribed with hieroglyphs that are not meant to be read as part of a meaningful inscription. They fill the empty fields around the central subject that, due to the fragmentary nature of the scarab, cannot be identified with certainty. Four legs, either belonging to a striding animal or to two standing anthropomorphic figures, are all that remains of the primary scene.

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.