Scarab with New Year's wish

Unknown

ca. 1070–664 B.C. · Faience · Egyptian Art

The hieroglyphs and motifs engraved on the base of this scarab express a wish for the New Year. The inscription calls upon the sun god, referred to here by the image of the solar barque, to make every day of the New Year good.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 1070–664 B.C.

Medium

Faience

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910