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Pair of Sandals

Second Intermediate Period–Early New Kingdom
ca. 1580–1479 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 109
These sandals, along with a second, similar pair (22.3.20a, bwere found in the chamber of a pit tomb used ultimately for the burial of a 21st Dynasty (ca. 1000 B.C.) charioteer named Iotefamun (see 26.3.1a, b). They come, however, from an earlier burial that was pushed aside for the tomb's new occupant.

The soles of the sandals are formed of tightly woven papyrus in narrow rows, with three outer bands defining the shape. The thongs are made of thicker strips of flattened reeds.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Pair of Sandals
  • Period: Second Intermediate Period–Early New Kingdom
  • Dynasty: Dynasty 17–18
  • Date: ca. 1580–1479 BCE
  • Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Unfinished Temple ("Seankhkare") Valley, Pit Tomb MMA 1008/1016 (Mond 8), MMA excavations, 1920–21
  • Medium: Woven papyrus
  • Dimensions: A: L. 28 × W. 12 cm (11 × 4 3/4 in.); B: L. 30 × W. 11 cm (11 13/16 × 4 5/16 in.)
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922
  • Object Number: 22.3.21a, b
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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