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Scarab Inscribed With the Name Nefertari

New Kingdom
ca. 1550–1525 B.C.
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 114
This scarab displays typical early 18th Dynasty features, including a roundish lined back and a lunate head. The base is inscribed with the name Nefertari, which almost certainly refers to Queen Ahmose-Nefertari, wife of Ahmose and mother of Amenhotep I. Her name is frequently attested on scarabs displaying distinctive early 18th Dynasty features, occasionally with the title "God's Wife."

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Scarab Inscribed With the Name Nefertari
  • Period: New Kingdom
  • Dynasty: Dynasty 18, early
  • Reign: reign of Ahmose I
  • Date: ca. 1550–1525 B.C.
  • Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Asasif, Tomb CC 43, Burial 12, Carnarvon excavations, 1912
  • Medium: Blue glazed steatite
  • Dimensions: L. 1.1 cm (7/16 in.)
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
  • Object Number: 26.7.124
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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