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Relief with Horus Who-Is-in-the-Great-Enclosure embracing a king (Qahedjet)

Old Kingdom or Third Intermediatge Period
ca. 2600‒2550 BCE or ca. 1070‒664 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 899
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title:
    Relief with Horus Who-Is-in-the-Great-Enclosure embracing a king (Qahedjet)
  • Period:
    Old Kingdom or Third Intermediatge Period
  • Dynasty:
    late Dynasty 3‒4 or Dynasty 21‒25
  • Date:
    ca. 2600‒2550 BCE or ca. 1070‒664 BCE
  • Geography:
    From Egypt
  • Medium:
    Limestone
  • Dimensions:
    50.5 × 31.3 × 2.8 cm (19 7/8 × 12 5/16 × 1 1/8 in.)
  • Credit Line:
    Paris, Musée du Louvre; Départment des Antiquités égyptiennes (E 25982)
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art