Oval Plaque Inscribed with Blessing Related to Amun (Amun-Re)

Third Intermediate Period or later

ca. 1070–525 B.C.

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 130

Seal-amulets bearing wishes and blessings related to divinities whose protection individuals wished to summon are particular popular during the late New Kingdom and the Third Intermediate Period (ca. 1295-664 B.C.).

This oval plaque calls for the protection of the sun god Amun or Amun-Re, referred to by the image of the solar barque. The eye at the top reassures us that the god is watchful, and we learn from the entire inscription that he is watchful every day.

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Title: Oval Plaque Inscribed with Blessing Related to Amun (Amun-Re)
Period: Third Intermediate Period or later
Dynasty: Dynasty 21–26
Date: ca. 1070–525 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt
Medium: Blue-green glazed steatite
Dimensions: L. 1.6 × W. 1.2 cm (5/8 × 7/16 in.)
Credit Line: Theodore M. Davis Collection, Bequest of Theodore M. Davis, 1915
Object Number: 30.8.1033
Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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