Scarab Inscribed with the Name of the Kushite King Senkamanisken
The base of this scarab bears an inscription forming the name of a Kushite ruler. The hieroglyphs on the right side form the name Senkamanisken, belonging to one of the Kushite kings who ruled around 643-623 B.C. at Napata, the capital of Kush, the Nubian kingdom located south of Egypt. Senkamanisken is a contemporary of the Egyptian pharaoh Psamtik I of Dynasty 26 (ca. 664-610 B.C.). A century earlier, around the mid-8th century B.C., the kings of Kush had conquered Egypt and ruled it for approximatively one century as Egypt’s Dynasty 25 (ca. 733-664 B.C.). Accompanying the name is the blessing ‘given life forever’.
Artwork Details
- Title: Scarab Inscribed with the Name of the Kushite King Senkamanisken
- Period: Late Period
- Dynasty: Dynasty 26
- Date: ca. 643–623 B.C.
- Geography: From Egypt
- Medium: Faience
- Dimensions: L. 2.2 × W. 1.5 × H. 1 cm (7/8 in., 1.5 cm, 3/8 in.)
- Credit Line: Purchase, Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1926
- Object Number: 26.7.410
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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