Scarab

New Kingdom, Ramesside

ca. 1295–1070 B.C.

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 122

The underside of this scarab depicts two standing feline-headed goddesses. Both heads seem to be that of a lioness. They stand opposite each other and each holds a papyrus scepter in front. The goddess on the left has a rearing cobra on her head, while the one on the right shows a sundisk with a cobra. In the center above them is a sundisk and below them is a neb-hieroglyph. Several goddesses are known that can be depicted with a lion’s head and a sundisk and/or uraeus. The identification of these two goddesses is therefore unclear.

Artwork Details

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Provenance

Title: Scarab
Period: New Kingdom, Ramesside
Dynasty: Dynasty 19–20
Date: ca. 1295–1070 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt
Medium: Faience
Dimensions: L.2.8 cm (1 1/16 in.); W. 2 cm (13/16 in.); H. 1.1 cm (7/16 in.)
Credit Line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
Object Number: 26.7.454
Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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