Scarab Inscribed with the Name of Sethnakht

Scarab Inscribed with the Name of Sethnakht

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The hieroglyphs form the nomen of Sethnakht (ca. 1186-1184 B.C.), the first ruler of Dynasty 20, Sethnakht Merire Meramun. His name includes epithets referring to Amun and Re, who are embodied in the sun disk and the seated figure in the upper left part of the composition. The seated Amun is facing a seated figure of the god Seth.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Scarab Inscribed with the Name of SethnakhtScarab Inscribed with the Name of SethnakhtScarab Inscribed with the Name of SethnakhtScarab Inscribed with the Name of SethnakhtScarab Inscribed with the Name of Sethnakht

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.