Scarab Inscribed for the God's Wife Hatshepsut, Living Forever

New Kingdom

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 116

The base of this scarab is inscribed "the God's Wife Hatshepsut, living forever." In the late Seventeenth early Eighteenth Dynasties, the title God's Wife was held by the principal queen or the queen mother. Hatshepsut inherited the title while she served as principal queen of her half-brother, Thutmose II. Later, shortly after she took on the titles of king, Hatshepsut passed the title on to her daughter, Neferure (see scarab 27.3.325).

Scarab Inscribed for the God's Wife Hatshepsut, Living Forever, Steatite (glazed)

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Scarab Inscribed for the God's Wife Hatshepsut, Living Forever, Steatite (glazed)
Scarab Inscribed for the God's Wife Hatshepsut, Living Forever, Steatite (glazed)
Scarab Inscribed for the God's Wife Hatshepsut, Living Forever, Steatite (glazed)

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