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Relief from an Offering Niche

First Intermediate Period
ca. 2100–2010 B.C.
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 103
Like 10.175.71", this block lined one side of a niche on the exterior of a mud brick mastaba at Saqqara; the back part of the niche would have held a false-door stela. This niche would have served the same purpose as a complete chapel.

At the top of this block is an offering list, with a group of funerary priests in the register below. Part of a butchering scene is visible at the bottom of the block.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Relief from an Offering Niche
  • Period: First Intermediate Period
  • Dynasty: Dynasty 9–10
  • Date: ca. 2100–2010 B.C.
  • Geography: From Egypt, Memphite Region, Saqqara, Teti Pyramid Cemetery, SAE 1905–1906
  • Medium: Limestone, paint
  • Dimensions: H. 26 cm (10 1/4 in.); W. 52 cm (20 1/2 in.); D. 14.2 cm (5 9/16 in.)
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1910
  • Object Number: 10.175.72
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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