Highlights
Works designated as highlights by the Met — a curated starting point into the collection.
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Seated female
Unknown artist
ca. 5600–5000 BCE
Marble female figure
Unknown artist
4500–4000 BCE
Storage jar decorated with mountain goats
Unknown artist
ca. 4000–3600 BCE
A Tusk Figurine of a Man
Unknown artist
ca. 3900–3500 BCE
Eye idol
Unknown artist
ca. 3700–3500 BCE
Head of a ram
Unknown artist
ca. 3500–3100 BCE
Fragment of a bowl with a frieze of bulls in relief
Unknown artist
ca. 3300–2900 BCE
Hair Comb Decorated with Rows of Wild Animals
Unknown artist
ca. 3200–3100 BCE
Kneeling bull holding a spouted vessel
Unknown artist
ca. 3100–2900 BCE
Lion Cub
Unknown artist
ca. 3100–2900 BCE
Libation Dish Depicting Ka-Arms Presenting an Ankh-Sign
Unknown artist
ca. 3100–2900 B.C.
Proto-Cuneiform tablet with seal impressions: administrative account of barley distribution with cylinder seal impression of a male figure, hunting dogs, and boars
Unknown artist
ca. 3100–2900 BCE
Female Figure
Unknown artist
late 3rd millennium BCE
Striding figure with ibex horns, a raptor skin draped around the shoulders, and upturned boots
Unknown artist
ca. 3000 BCE
Stele of Ushumgal and Shara-igizi-Abzu
Unknown artist
2900–2700 BCE
Standing male worshiper
Unknown artist
ca. 2900–2600 BCE
Marble seated harp player
Unknown artist
2800–2700 BCE
Vase with overlapping pattern and three bands of palm trees
Unknown artist
ca. mid- to late 3rd millennium BCE
Headdress
Unknown artist
ca. 2600–2500 BCE
Marble female figure
Bastis Master
2600–2400 BCE
Reclining mouflon
Unknown artist
ca. 2600–1900 BCE
The King's Acquaintances Memi and Sabu
Unknown artist
ca. 2575–2465 BCE
Striding Figure
Unknown artist
ca. 2575–2465 BCE
Fragmentary Face of King Khafre
Unknown artist
ca. 2520–2494 BCE
King Sahure Accompanied by a Divine Figure
Unknown artist
ca. 2458–2446 BCE
Nikare with his Wife and Daughter
Unknown artist
ca. 2420–2389 BCE or later
Mastaba Tomb of Perneb
Unknown artist
ca. 2381–2323 BCE
Terracotta kernos (vase for multiple offerings)
Unknown artist
ca. 2300–1900 BCE
Head of a ruler
Unknown artist
ca. 2300–2000 BCE
Group of four vases
Unknown artist
ca. 2300–2000 BCE
Cylinder seal and modern impression: hunting scene
Unknown artist
ca. 2250–2150 BCE
Shaft-hole axe head with bird-headed demon, boar, and dragon
Unknown artist
ca. late 3rd–early 2nd millennium BCE
Beaker with birds on the rim
Unknown artist
ca. late 3rd–early 2nd millennium BCE
Seated female
Unknown artist
ca. late 3rd–early 2nd millennium BCE
Foundation peg in the form of the forepart of a lion
Unknown artist
ca. 2200–2100 BCE
Statue of Gudea, named “Gudea, the man who built the temple, may his life be long”
Unknown artist
ca. 2090 BCE
Relief of Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II and the Goddess Hathor
Unknown artist
ca. 2010–2000 B.C.
Weight in shape of frog
Unknown artist
ca. 2000–1600 BCE
Estate Figure
Unknown artist
ca. 1981–1975 B.C.
Scarab of the Storehouse Overseer Wah
Unknown artist
ca. 1981–1975 B.C.
Model of a Granary with Scribes
Unknown artist
ca. 1981–1975 B.C.
Travelling Boat being Rowed
Unknown artist
ca. 1981–1975 B.C.
Writing board
Unknown artist
ca. 1981–1802 B.C.
Hippopotamus ("William")
Unknown artist
ca. 1961–1878 B.C.
Stela of the Steward Mentuwoser
Unknown artist
ca. 1944 B.C.
Guardian Figure
Unknown artist
ca. 1919–1885 B.C.
Cult vessel in the form of a tower with cylinder seal impressions near the top
Unknown artist
ca. 19th century BCE
Pectoral and Necklace of Sithathoryunet with the Name of Senwosret II
Unknown artist
ca. 1887–1878 B.C.
Face of Senwosret III
Unknown artist
ca. 1878–1840 B.C.
Senwosret III as a Sphinx
Unknown artist
ca. 1878–1840 B.C.
Coffin of Khnumnakht
Unknown artist
ca. 1850–1750 B.C.
Game of Hounds and Jackals
Unknown artist
ca. 1814–1805 B.C.
Royal or divine figure with high conical headdress
Unknown artist
ca. 18th–17th century BCE
Pendants and beads
Unknown artist
ca. 18th–17th century BCE
Furniture support: female sphinx with Hathor-style curls
Unknown artist
ca. 18th century BCE
Jug Decorated with Dolphins and Birds
Unknown artist
ca. 1750–1550 B.C.
Cosmetic Box with a Swivel Top
Unknown artist
ca. 1550–1458 BCE
Statuette of the Child Amenemhab
Unknown artist
ca. 1550–1479 BCE
Head from a Statue of King Amenhotep I
Unknown artist
ca. 1525–1504 BCE
Helmet with divine figures beneath a bird with outstretched wings
Unknown artist
ca. 1500–1100 BCE
Heart Scarab of Hatnefer
Unknown artist
ca. 1491–1473 BCE
Artist's Gridded Sketch of Senenmut
Unknown artist
ca. 1473–1458 BCE
Ritual Statuette of Thutmose III
Unknown artist
ca. 1479–1425 BCE
Seated Statue of Hatshepsut
Unknown artist
ca. 1473–1458 BCE
Sphinx of Hatshepsut
Unknown artist
ca. 1473–1458 BCE
Chair of Reniseneb
Unknown artist
ca. 1450 BCE
Agate Lentoid
Unknown artist
ca. 1450–1400 BCE
Block from a Relief Depicting a Battle
Unknown artist
ca. 1427–1396 BCE
Enthroned deity
Unknown artist
ca. 14th–13th century BCE
Seated goddess with a child
Unknown artist
ca. 14th–13th century BCE
Arm Panel From a Ceremonial Chair of Thutmose IV
Unknown artist
ca. 1396–1386 BCE
Vessel terminating in the forepart of a stag
Unknown artist
ca. 14th–13th century BCE
Standing figure of Amenhotep III
Unknown artist
ca. 1386–1347 BCE
Fragment of a Queen's Face
Unknown artist
ca. 1386–1330 BCE
Head of a Hippopotamus
Unknown artist
ca. 1386–1347 BCE
Whip Handle in the Shape of a Horse
Unknown artist
ca. 1386–1347 BCE
Blue-Painted Ibex Amphora from Malqata
Unknown artist
ca. 1386–1347 BCE
Mechanical Dog
Unknown artist
ca. 1386–1347 BCE
Male god
Unknown artist
ca. 1386–1347 BCE
Arched Harp (shoulder harp)
Unknown artist
ca. 1386–1300 BCE
Sphinx of Amenhotep III, possibly from a Model of a Temple
Unknown artist
ca. 1386–1347 BCE
Shabti of Yuya
Unknown artist
ca. 1386–1347 BCE
Menat necklace from Malqata
Unknown artist
ca. 1386–1347 BCE
Cosmetic Spoon in the Shape of Swimming Woman Holding a Dish
Unknown artist
ca. 1386–1347 BCE
Gazelle
Unknown artist
ca. 1386–1347 BCE
Ceiling painting from the palace of Amenhotep III
Unknown artist
ca. 1386–1347 BCE
Statue of two men and a boy that served as a domestic icon
Unknown artist
ca. 1347–1330 BCE
Funerary Figure of Akhenaten
Unknown artist
ca. 1347–1330 BCE
Akhenaten Sacrificing a Duck
Unknown artist
ca. 1347–1330 BCE
Attendants in a Procession
Unknown artist
ca. 1347–1330 BCE
Face from a Composite Statue, probably Queen Tiye
Unknown artist
ca. 1386–1330 BCE
Pair of Clappers
Unknown artist
ca. 1347–1330 BCE
Head of a princess from a group statue
Unknown artist
ca. 1347–1330 BCE
Canopic Jar (07.226.1) with a Lid Depicting a Queen (30.8.54)
Unknown artist
ca. 1347–1330 BCE or shortly thereafter
Haremhab as a Scribe of the King
Unknown artist
ca. 1328–1314 BCE
Water Bottle from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache
Unknown artist
ca. 1328–1318 BCE
Head of the god Amun
Unknown artist
ca. 1328–1318 BCE
Head of Tutankhamun
Unknown artist
ca. 1328–1318 BCE
Floral collar from Tutankhamun's Embalming Cache
Unknown artist
ca. 1328–1318 BCE
Votive stela of Userhat
Unknown artist
ca. 1328–1300 BCE