Offering Scene of [Amun?]emhet

ca. 1479–1400 B.C.E.

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Object Label

This fragmentary scene depicts a man named Amunemhat and his wife. Both face an offering table covered with different kinds of bread and a bunch of green onions. Amunemhat raises his arms in reverence toward a figure, now lost, on the opposite side of the table. This figure may have been the god Osiris or perhaps the owner of the tomb, most likely Amunemhat’s father. In the latter case, Amunemhat’s gesture would indicate his responsibility for maintaining the parents’ funerary cult, the traditional duty of a tomb owner’s eldest son.

Caption

Offering Scene of [Amun?]emhet, ca. 1479–1400 B.C.E.. Sandstone, 14 15/16 × 11 13/16 × 3 3/4 in., 29.5 lb. (38 × 30 × 9.5 cm, 13.38kg) mount (dimensions as installed): 15 1/2 × 12 × 4 in. (39.4 × 30.5 × 10.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1352E. Creative Commons-BY

Title

Offering Scene of [Amun?]emhet

Date

ca. 1479–1400 B.C.E.

Dynasty

Dynasty 18

Period

New Kingdom

Geography

Place made: Egypt

Medium

Sandstone

Classification

Sculpture

Dimensions

14 15/16 × 11 13/16 × 3 3/4 in., 29.5 lb. (38 × 30 × 9.5 cm, 13.38kg) mount (dimensions as installed): 15 1/2 × 12 × 4 in. (39.4 × 30.5 × 10.2 cm)

Credit Line

Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund

Accession Number

37.1352E

Rights

Creative Commons-BY

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