Relief from the Offering Niche of Inpuemhat

First Intermediate Period

ca. 2100–2010 B.C.

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 103

This block faced the side of a niche on the exterior of mud brick mastabas at Saqqara; the back part of the niche would have held a false-door stela. This block has three registers: offering bearers appear in the two top registers, and in the lowest register a lector-priest presents incense to Inpuemhat and his wife Sitsobek.

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Title: Relief from the Offering Niche of Inpuemhat
Period: First Intermediate Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 9–11
Date: ca. 2100–2010 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Memphite Region, Saqqara, Teti Pyramid Cemetery, SAE 1905–1906
Medium: Limestone
Dimensions: H. 69 cm (27 3/16 in.); W. 29 cm (11 7/16 in.); D. 9 cm (3 9/16 in.)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1910
Object Number: 10.175.71
Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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