Slab from Chapel of the Reporter of the Vizier Senwosret (left)
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.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.
This carved and painted slab was part of a small chapel dedicated to an official named Senwosret. The slab, divided into three registers, depicts a funerary banquet with an image of Senwosret at the far right. In the top register, a funerary priest performs a libation ritual. The entourage attending the banquet includes a dancer and musicians in the bottom register.
This carved and painted slab was part of a small chapel dedicated to an official named Senwosret. The slab, divided into three registers, depicts a funerary banquet with an image of Senwosret at the far right. In the top register, a funerary priest performs a libation ritual. The entourage attending the banquet includes a dancer and musicians in the bottom register.
Artwork Details
- Title: Slab from Chapel of the Reporter of the Vizier Senwosret (left)
- Period: Middle Kingdom
- Dynasty: Dynasty 13
- Date: ca. 1802-1640 B.C.
- Geography: From Egypt; Probably from Abydos
- Medium: Limestone
- Dimensions: 21 1/4 × 30 7/8 in. (54 × 78.5 cm)
- Credit Line: Paris, Louvre Museum, Departement des Antiquités égyptiennes
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art