Scarab with the Representation of a Pharaoh and an Obelisk

New Kingdom or later

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 130

The underside of the scarab shows a kneeling figure wearing the red crown of Lower Egypt and raising both hands in front of him in a gesture of adoration. Above are hieroglyphs forming the royal title ‘the good god’. The Pharaoh faces an obelisk, which is a symbol of the sun god, and the scene thus expresses the king’s adoration for the sun (god).

Scarab with the Representation of a Pharaoh and an Obelisk, Steatite

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Scarab with the Representation of a Pharaoh and an Obelisk, Steatite
Scarab with the Representation of a Pharaoh and an Obelisk, Steatite
Scarab with the Representation of a Pharaoh and an Obelisk, Steatite
Scarab with the Representation of a Pharaoh and an Obelisk, Steatite

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