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Stela of Khety and His Wife, Henet
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.
This colorful stela depicts a classical funerary scene in which a couple receives food offerings from their son. The table is heaped with a beaker and various types of meat, vegetables, and fruits. In addition, the son presents the leg of an ox. In the background are traces of the artist’s grid, which aided the correct proportioning of the human figures. The standardized application of such grids seems to be an early Middle Kingdom innovation, and this stela is among the earliest surviving examples.
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