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Inlay depicting the squatting god Re

Late Period
360–343 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 899
This small crouching falcon-headed figure is the god Re. He wears a sun-disk as a crown. Originally he held a scepter in the fist on his knee. The king Nectanebo II incorporated into his royal names epithets relating him to the god Re.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Inlay depicting the squatting god Re
  • Period: Late Period
  • Dynasty: Dynasty 30
  • Reign: probably reign of Nectanebo II
  • Date: 360–343 BCE
  • Geography: From Egypt; Said to be from Middle Egypt, Hermopolis (Ashmunein; Khemenu)
  • Medium: Faience
  • Dimensions: H. 8.2 × W. 4.2 × D. 1.4 cm (3 1/4 × 1 5/8 × 9/16 in.)
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
  • Object Number: 26.7.1004
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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