Relief from the Offering Niche of Inpuemhat
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.
Artwork Details
- 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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