Relief, tomb of Khety: sacred objects to be used in the funeral - see 26.3.354-7

Middle Kingdom

ca. 2051–2000 B.C.

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 107

These two fragments of sunk relief preserve the base of a piece of furniture (to viewer right) and perhaps several teardrop-shaped beads that hung from the end of a counterpoise (a pendant that hung down the wearer's back to balance the weight of a heavy necklace). In the lower part of both fragments, there are two sets of hieroglyphs that write the word menkhet (clothing), referring to the content that apparently was represented in the register below.

These relief fragments once lined the tomb's entrance passage of Khety, the first recorded royal treasurer ("overseer of what is sealed") of Mentuhotep II (ca. 2051-2000 B.C.). The tomb of Khety was situated high up in the cliffs at Deir el-Bahri, near the mortuary complex of the king.

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Title: Relief, tomb of Khety: sacred objects to be used in the funeral - see 26.3.354-7
Period: Middle Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 11
Reign: reign of Mentuhotep II
Date: ca. 2051–2000 B.C.
Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb of Khety (TT 311, MMA 508), MMA excavations, 1922–23/1926–27
Medium: Limestone, paint
Dimensions: H. 17.5 × W. 30.8 cm (6 7/8 × 12 1/8 in.)
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1926
Object Number: 26.3.354g1
Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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