Relief fragment with the Son of Re name of Amenemhat I

Middle Kingdom

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 109

Preserved on this block from the pyramid temple of Amenemhat I is the epithet "son of Re" and the top of a cartouche containing one of the names of the king. Still visible are the tops of a reed leaf and a game board, the hieroglyphs that spell the beginning of the name Amun. This god was honored in the king's name, Amenemhat (meaning, perhaps, Amun-is-in-the-front).

Relief fragment with the Son of Re name of Amenemhat I, Limestone

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