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Offering table with statuette of Sehetepib

Middle Kingdom
ca. 1850–1775 B.C.
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 111
These objects were found in the vertical shaft of a tomb, but they were probably originally in an aboveground chapel. The statuette is inscribed with the title and name of the owner on the front of his long garment. It is set into a separate base in the shape of a small offering table with a projecting drain, cleverly placing the statue of the owner near the symbolic provisions it would receive.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Offering table with statuette of Sehetepib
  • Period: Middle Kingdom
  • Dynasty: Dynasty 12, late–early 13
  • Date: ca. 1850–1775 B.C.
  • Geography: From Egypt, Memphite Region, Lisht North, cemetery south of pyramid below House A1:3, Pit 883, MMA excavations, 1920–21
  • Medium: Limestone table; greywacke statuette
  • Dimensions: a) H. 9 cm (3 9/16 in.); W. 5.2 cm (2 1/16 in.); D. 5.7 cm (2 1/4 in.); b) H. 1.7 cm (11/16 in.); W. 16.4 cm (6 7/16 in.); D. 13 cm (5 1/8 in.); Combined: H. 10.2 cm (4 in.)
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund and Edward S. Harkness Gift, 1922
  • Object Number: 22.1.107a, b
  • Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art

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