Scarab Inscribed with a Blessing Related to Wadjet

Third Intermediate Period–Late Period

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 130

A uraeus (aroused cobra) with wings faces right and represents Wadjet, the goddess who protects kings and gods. The entire composition asks for her protection and thus offers support to the owner of the seal-amulet. Winged creatures were considered to be apotropaic beings, their stretched wings offering protection.

Scarab Inscribed with a Blessing Related to Wadjet, Glazed steatite

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Scarab Inscribed with a Blessing Related to Wadjet, Glazed steatite
Scarab Inscribed with a Blessing Related to Wadjet, Glazed steatite
Scarab Inscribed with a Blessing Related to Wadjet, Glazed steatite
Scarab Inscribed with a Blessing Related to Wadjet, Glazed steatite

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