Scarab Inscribed with the Name of Sethnakht

New Kingdom

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 122

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.

Scarab Inscribed with the Name of Sethnakht, Steatite, traces of green glaze

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