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Semna Boundary Stela of Senwosret III
Middle Kingdom
Not on view
This object is not part of The Met collection. It was in the Museum for a special exhibition and has been returned to the lender.
The conquest of gold-rich Lower Nubia, an area that is now southern Egypt and northern Sudan, was a major achievement of Senwosret I that was later consolidated by Senwosret III. To guard the frontier against the Kerma kingdom farther south, a string of fortresses was built south of the Second Nile Cataract. In conjunction with these, Senwosret III set up a pair of monumental stelae at the forts of Semna and Uronarti, proclaiming Egypt’s supremacy over Nubia and calling on his successors to preserve the boundary.
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