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Stela of the temple servant of Amun Irtihareru adoring Re-Harakhty and Atum

Third Intermediate Period–Late Period
ca. 750–525 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 899
As part of the burial equipment, funerary stelae made a prayer for offerings for the maintenance of the deceased. In addition to forms of Osiris, Re-Harakhty and Atum—as the rising and setting sun and thus connected with continued life—are particularly favored focal gods. In contrast to stelae of the Third Intermediate Period, subdued coloring and a more standardized style are adopted in this period.

Here the temple-servant of Amun Irtihareru, son of the temple-servant of Amun Ankhnidi and the lady of the house Tatjenfi, adores Atum on the right side and Re-Harakhty on the left side.

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Object Information
  • Title: Stela of the temple servant of Amun Irtihareru adoring Re-Harakhty and Atum
  • Period: Third Intermediate Period–Late Period
  • Dynasty: Dynasty 25–26
  • Date: ca. 750–525 BCE
  • Geography: From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes; Said to be from Asasif, Tombs 811-840, MMA excavations, 1929-1930
  • Medium: Wood, gesso, paint
  • Dimensions: L. 35 × W. 24.5 × Th. 2 cm (13 3/4 × 9 5/8 × 13/16 in.)
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1930
  • Object Number: 30.3.57
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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