The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Baboon holding a stela with the name Khnemibre (Amasis)

Baboon holding a stela with the name Khnemibre (Amasis)

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 130

Signatures, Inscriptions, and Markings

Inscription: hieroglyphic: Young god, Lord of the Two Lands followed by 1 1/2 columns of ruined inscription; across the bottom the cartouche Khemibre written with a seated figure, presumably ram-headed, for Khnum
Provenance

Purchased by the Museum from Michel Abemayor, New York, 1955.
See also
What
Metal (59,483)

Copper alloy (16,678)

Bronze (11,670)

Copper (6,273)

Seals (2,927)
Where
Africa (33,408)

Egypt (29,748)
When
1000 B.C.-A.D. 1 (23,142)
In the Museum
Egyptian Art (26,116)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Egypt, 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.
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