Relief block with the names of Amenemhat I and Senwosret I

Left: nTr nfr jmn-m-HA.t Di(.w) anx mj raw

The good god, Amenemhat given life like Re




Right: Hr.w-nbw [anx]-msw.t nb Aw.t jb xpr-kA-raw

Horus of Gold Ankhmesut (Senwosret I), lord of joy, Kheperkare




Below: the upper parts of a few hieroglyphs are still visible. These seem to write: ...nswt Ds=f..., "the king himself"

Excavated by the Egyptian Expedition of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Acquired by the Museum in the division of finds.

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Jánosi, Peter 2015. "Two Reliefs with Names of Amenemhat I and Senwosret I." In Ancient Egypt Transformed: The Middle Kingdom, edited by Adela Oppenheim, Dorothea Arnold, Dieter Arnold, and Kei Yamamoto. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, pp. 62–63, fig. 52, no. 12A.

Arnold, Dieter and Peter Jánosi 2015. "The Move to the North: Establishing a New Capital." In Ancient Egypt Transformed: The Middle Kingdom, edited by Adela Oppenheim, Dorothea Arnold, Dieter Arnold, and Kei Yamamoto. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, p. 56.

Oppenheim, Adela 2015. "Temples: Secluded Domains for Kings and Gods." In Ancient Egypt Transformed: The Middle Kingdom, edited by Adela Oppenheim, Dorothea Arnold, Dieter Arnold, and Kei Yamamoto. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, p. 271.

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