Half of a cylinder seal with names of Amenemhat III

Half of a cylinder seal with names of Amenemhat III

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Cylinder seal incised with prenomen (partially preserved) and nomen of Amenemhat III.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Half of a cylinder seal with names of Amenemhat IIIHalf of a cylinder seal with names of Amenemhat IIIHalf of a cylinder seal with names of Amenemhat IIIHalf of a cylinder seal with names of Amenemhat IIIHalf of a cylinder seal with names of Amenemhat 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.