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Plaque of King Amenemhat IV Offering to Atum
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 pharaoh Amenemhat IV on the right offers a vessel containing ointment to the creator god Atum on the left, a small-scale example of a cult scene commonly found on temple walls. The plaque likely embellished a box or another wood object used in temple rituals. It may have been found in Byblos on the Levantine coast, an area that traded extensively with Egypt during the Middle Kingdom.
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